Stephen Schwartz Professions : Lyricist Born : March 6, 1948 Browse All Authors Top 38 quotes by Stephen Schwartz I believe if I refuse to grow old, I can stay young 'til I die. Stephen Schwartz pippin young believe Start a new fashion, wear your heart on your sleeveSometimes you reach what's real just by making believeUnafraid, unashamedThere is joy to be claimed in this worldYou even might wind up being glad to be you. Stephen Schwartz fashion real heart I think the arts are very important for children growing up. Stephen Schwartz growing-up children art I don't think it's a secret that New York tastemakers don't love my work. Stephen Schwartz new-york secret thinking Are people born wicked, or is wickedness trust upon them? Stephen Schwartz wickedness wicked people Those who don't try never look foolish. Stephen Schwartz wicked trying looks Don't wish. Don't Start. Wishing only wounds the heart. Stephen Schwartz wicked wish heart Let the green girl go! Stephen Schwartz wicked green girl We can't all come and go by bubble! Stephen Schwartz broadway-musical comes-and-goes wicked No, you're wrong. I'm a hundred percent callow and deeply shallow. Stephen Schwartz shallow wicked hundred Dancing through life Swaying and sweeping And always keeping cool Life is faught less When you're thoughtless Those who don't try Never look foolish Dancing through life Mindless and careless Make sure you're where less Trouble is rife Woes are fleeting Blows are glancing When you're dancing Through life. Stephen Schwartz dancing blow trying People like the way dreams have of sticking to the soul. Stephen Schwartz soul dream people I don't believe in condescending to children. I don't change any writing technique. Stephen Schwartz change writing believe children While many of my musicals deal with big themes and ideas, I don't intentionally go looking to write shows like that. A story will interest me, and then somewhere along the way, I discover that hidden inside are these epic themes. Stephen Schwartz looking me way ideas On the surface, 'Book of Mormon' is extremely irreverent, but underneath, there's a great sweetness and a very positive message. Stephen Schwartz message great positive book I would like to have won a Tony, I guess, because I have always thought of myself as a theater person. But I've won my share of awards, so I don't worry about it. Stephen Schwartz person thought myself worry I wouldn't do a project if it weren't a story I wanted to tell. That's rewarding in itself, as a writer, if you're working on a story that you enjoy telling. Stephen Schwartz project story you enjoy I'm not aware that such an assessment has ever been done before, a violent domestic insurrection was almost certainly not part of the DOD and Secret Service threat matrix until six months ago, and it's the only recent known event putting the' football' in significant potential danger to provoke this level of concern. Stephen Schwartz Similar Authors Irving Caesar lyricist Al Dubin lyricist Arthur J. Lamb lyricist Arthur Freed lyricist Alan Jay Lerner lyricist Bernie Taupin lyricist All Authors