Mary Rodgers Professions : Composer Born : January 11, 1931 Died : June 25, 2014 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Mary Rodgers My books are based on the "what if" principle. "What if you became invisible?" or "What if you did change into your mother for one day?" I then take it from there. Each book takes several months in the long process of writing, rewriting, writing, rewriting, and each has its own set of problems. The one thing I dislike about the writing process is the sometimes-loneliness of it all. Readers only get to see the glamour part of a bound book, not some of the agonizing moments one has while constructing it. Mary Rodgers loneliness mother book When I woke up this morning, I found I'd turned into my mother. Mary Rodgers motherhood mother morning Rodgers & Hammerstein shows have a purity of unironic emotion that imprints itself upon people's hearts. They seem to touch our feelings so effortlessly. They have a scope and ambition that's missing from many musicals now. Mary Rodgers ambition heart people Similar Authors Igor Stravinsky composer Irving Berlin composer Brian Ferneyhough composer Bryce Dessner composer Bradley Joseph composer Boudleaux Bryant composer All Authors