I was never much of a reader. I'm a slow reader, which is unusual, because I'm so into language and I love words so much. But it's hard for me to read.
Stephen SondheimYou're so nice. You're not good, you're not bad, You're just nice. I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right. I'm the witch. You're the world.
Stephen SondheimOscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father. I liked my father a lot, he was a swell fellow, but I didnโt see him very often because my mother was bitter about him and did everything she could to prevent me from seeing him.
Stephen SondheimYou can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have corporate investment or a lot of rich people.
Stephen SondheimSometimes people leave you halfway through the wood. Others may decieve you - you decide what's good. You decide alone, but no one is alone. People make mistakes. Fathers, mothers, people make mistakes, holding to their own, thinking they're alone. Honor their mistakes. Fight for their mistakes. Witches can be right. Giants can be good. You decide what's right. You decide what's good.
Stephen Sondheim