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Alan Jay Lerner
American
Dramatist
About the author
It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
Alan Jay Lerner,
American
Dramatist
#Character
#Pretty
You write a hit the same way you write a flop.
Alan Jay Lerner,
American
Dramatist
With a little bit of luck, you'll never work!
Alan Jay Lerner,
American
Dramatist
#Luck
Men die but an idea does not.
Alan Jay Lerner,
American
Dramatist
#Men
#Idea
Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
Alan Jay Lerner,
American
Dramatist
#Criticism
#Theater
Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.
Alan Jay Lerner,
American
Dramatist
#Saying
#Home
#Talent
An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
Alan Jay Lerner,
American
Dramatist
A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights.
Alan Jay Lerner,
American
Dramatist
#Work
#Sleep
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
Alan Jay Lerner,
American
Dramatist
#Man
#Woman