#la

Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#drowned #generally #get #language #lyric

Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#intimately #level #math #music #necessarily

Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you've got to wait 'til the last collaborator comes in before you can complete the collaboration. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#before #collaboration #collaborator #comes #complete

Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to keep on formulating them. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#although #becoming #formulating #healthy #keep

The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about Gilbert and Sullivan today compared to those who felt strongly in 1890? ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#art #compared #dates #fact #feel

I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct. ↗

— Barry Sonnenfeld

#back #big #big mistake #direct #father

I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien! ↗

— Barry Sonnenfeld

#black #considered #first #i #jackson

Depression is melancholy minus its charms - the animation, the fits. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#charms #depression #fits #melancholy #minus

Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy. ↗

— Barry Sonnenfeld

#black #comedy #explain #first #had

When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that shot trying not to get angry. A shot of a dog singing I Will Survive on its own will not get a laugh. ↗

— Barry Sonnenfeld

#dog #frank #funny #get #i