A Quote by Stephen Sondheim

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

Stephen Sondheim

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Stephen Sondheim
American - Composer
Born: March 22, 1930

Back when the Bible was written, then edited, then rewritten, then rewritten, then re-edited, then translated from dead languages, then re-translated, then edited, then rewritten, then given to kings for them to take their favorite parts, then rewritten, then re-rewritten, then translated again, then given to the pope for him to approve, then rewritten, then edited again, the re-re-re-re-rewritten again...all based on stories that were told orally 30 to 90 years AFTER they happened.. to people who didnt know how to write... so...

David Cross

Great songs aren't written, they're rewritten

R.C. Bannon

Good stories are not written. They are rewritten.

Phyllis A. Whitney

Good novels are not written, they're rewritten!

Michael Crichton

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.

Phyllis A. Whitney

I was sand, I was snow—written on, rewritten, smoothed over.

Margaret Atwood

The site was a palimpsest, as was all the city, written, erased, rewritten.

Teju Cole

When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions become necessary, when they aren't camp, that, to me, is magic. I've done musical comedies and enjoyed them, but subject matter that's deeper and more realistic is always what's appealed to me most.

Kelli O'Hara

I actually love Scorsese comedies. He's an underrated comedy director. I think his comedies are some of the best comedies ever made.

Julie Delpy

Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.

Michael Crichton

Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances.

Peter Stone

Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art form. Back then, singer/actors were not the norm. From the 60's to now, it is necessary to do it all to be a consummate Broadway performer.

Betty Buckley

Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.

Piers Paul Read

I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually started my career in musical comedies.

Janine Turner

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

George Santayana

Plays are not written but rewritten, and much of the rewriting takes place at the behest of the director, whose job it is to grapple with the myriad complexities of moving a play from the page to the stage.

Terry Teachout

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