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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

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Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#musical #rewritten #written

One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not aware there was a writer there. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#aware #hardest #lyrics #make #music

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#exactly #fast #get #good #good songs

The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#easier #more #restrictions #write #you

When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#his #just #know #shakespeare #start

In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer. ↗

— Terry Southern

#difficulty #film #lack #sense #superior

Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best. ↗

— Terry Southern

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I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense. ↗

— Robert Frost

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Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I'm writing for. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

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