Dorothy Fields

In a show or a movie, one must work with many people. Many women just don't have the time for it. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#many #movie #must #people #show

Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#create #doing #easier #hit #keep

Love is the reason you were born. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#love #love is #reason #were #you

No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#give #happen #must #out #rhyming

The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it'll fit in another show. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#belong #fall #fit #him #his

There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#careers #doctors #enough #lady #lawyers

We've accumulated a lot of things over the years and many things from our grandmother. Hopefully it'll be all right. I really don't want to cry, but I can't help it. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#grandmother #help #hopefully #i #lot

Write what you feel. Write because of that need for expression. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#expression #feel #need #write #you