112 Quotes by Lin-Manuel Miranda

In your corner even in the roundest of rooms, on your side even when it makes the see-saw kind of boring.

[WASHINGTON]It’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a hungerI was just like you when I was youngerHead full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr?[HAMILTON]Yes[WASHINGTON]Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder

Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life.

That's being yourself. Chasing wherever inspiration goes, even if it's radically different from the thing that people know you as.

Nothing is better for your soul than to visit Puerto Rico.

Lin says the sensation of standing in the middle of these unsettling effects is a distilled version of how he feels throughout the show: "I am staying in my lane and doing what I'm supposed to do while everyone is doing what they do at the height of their abilities, and if I move to the left or right, I'll get hit with a desk.

Good morning, stunner. You're just getting started.Your age doesn't matter. The sun is up, the day is new, You're just getting started.

Anytime you write something, you go through so many phases. You go through the I’m a Fraud phase. You go through the I’ll Never Finish phase. And every once in a while you think, What if I actually have created what I set out to create, and it’s received as such?

[NINA]When I was a child I stayed wide awakeClimbed to the highest placeOn every fire escapeRestless to climbI got every scholarshipSaved every dollarThe first to go to collegeHow do I tell them whyI’m coming back home?