Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Lawrence Schwartzis an American musical theatre lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell, Pippinand Wicked. He has contributed lyrics for a number of successful films, including Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Prince of Egyptand Enchanted. Schwartz has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, three Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards and has been nominated for six Tony Awards. He received the 2015 Isabelle Stevenson Award,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth6 March 1948
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Those who don't try never look foolish.
Don't wish. Don't Start. Wishing only wounds the heart.
Let the green girl go!
We can't all come and go by Bubble!
No, you're wrong. I'm a hundred percent callow and deeply shallow.
Some things I cannot change, but 'til I try I'll never know.
And Goodness knows The Wicked's lives are lonely Goodness knows The Wicked die alone
Are people born wicked, or is wickedness trust upon them?
Happy is what happens when all your dreams come true.
Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.
I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn And we are led to those who help us most to grow If we let them and we help them in return.
It's just life, so keep dancing through.
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.
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.