298 Quotes by Stephen Sondheim

I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them feel - is paramount to me.

Careful the spell you cast, not just on children. Sometimes the spell may last Past what you can see And turn against you... Careful the tale you tell. That is the spell.

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.

Anything that is white is sweet. Anything that is brown is meat. Anything that is grey, don't eat.

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.

I do not dwell on dreams I know how soon a dream becomes an expectation How can I have expectations? Look at me, No, Captain, Look at me, Look at me!

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.

No one has ever known me as clearly as you. No one has ever shown me that love allows everything. Not pretty or safe or easy but something I never knew. Love within reason, that isn't love and I learned that from you.

I certainly wanted my name in lights. I wanted my name on a marquee. I wanted recognition on Broadway.