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Jerome Lawrence Quotes

If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing.

Jerome Lawrence

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: american
Birth: July 14, 1915 - February 29, 2004

Topics

Better You Play Reason Cartoon Sing

My mom's a screenwriter, and before that, she was an actress, and my father was an actor; my stepfather was a director, so I was on sets a lot as a kid. I loved the magic of the set. You walk in, and it's a living room, and you walk outside, and it's just a piece of wood held up by another piece of wood.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Father Walk Mom Loved Magic You

It was necessary, as a black historian, to have a personal agenda.

John Hope Franklin

Black Personal Necessary Agenda

I have to admit, I never watch television; once in a while I'll see things, but I grew up without it. I had a father who said, 'I hate television;' it came into being when he was a kid, and he didn't have it, so he didn't think I needed it.

Father Hate Think Television Admit

Sharon Stone has made a fortune from her movies, so who says you can't get something for nothing?

You Stone Movies Nothing Fortune

If I had to name one thing that differentiates me from the other women, it's that I get free stuff at restaurants or get discounts.

Women Me Free Name Get Stuff

I have been wildly enthused about gaming since I was younger, and a career path I chose not to go down but did really consider was getting into programming and game design.

Path Game Design Career Down Gaming

Because the worst of all worlds is when you pretend like you have an immigration policy, you make coming into the United States without our permission illegal, and then you actually don't enforce it.

Immigration You Worst Policy Without

The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you. It can't be your parent's definition, the media's definition, or your neighbor's definition. Otherwise, success will never satisfy you.

Success Parent Media You Neighbor

The government needs to help those in need, but members of Congress shouldn't take advantage of the situation and use a national tragedy as an opportunity to spend taxpayer dollars on their pet projects.

Opportunity Pet Government Help Need

In virtual reality, we're placing the viewer inside a moment or a story... made possible by sound and visual technology that's actually tricking the brain into believing it's somewhere else.

Technology Moment Brain Story Sound

Confidence was never in short supply in my case. If anything, I think I overshot the mark with confidence way too early in my career, and gradually, it's about just getting more humble and wanting to sit down more.

Confidence Humble Think Short Early

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

Good Mistake Enough Temptation Back

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