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Michael Musto
American
Writer
About the author
It's not enough for me to cover theater, I have to throw myself around every other art form, and do so thoroughly and relentlessly.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#Art
#Theater
By the end of the week, if I'm still alive, I get to write whatever I want about it all.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#Want
#End
With representation there to do the speaking, the guilty are suddenly given the freedom that comes with hiding behind the fact that they never said that - in fact, they never said anything!
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#Freedom
#Fact
This commitment to truth is something one senses more and more Americans yearning for, just as they are becoming more and more sophisticated at knowing when the truth is being obscured - an irony that seems to elude most of today's elected officials.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#Commitment
#Being
#Today
#Truth
#Americans
#Senses
#Irony
#Yearning
The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren't even pausing to consider an option other than lying.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#Difference
#Fact
#Fame
#Lying
My passion is New York and the vitality that makes it special.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#Passion
#Vitality
It's a good thing that columnists don't make homosexuality their last taboo anymore. But I wish the columnists themselves would come out too.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#Homosexuality
In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#Nothing
#Years
#Idea
#Truth
#Options
#Deception
#Bribery
I can't drive, so I can only live in New York, which is fine with me.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
For better or worse, I've always tried to march to my own drum and tell it like it is, while preserving some integrity and style. God, I'm fabulous!
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#God
#Style
#March
#Integrity
Pretending to be other people helped bring me out of my shell and shed my inhibitions.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#People
For years, I've pushed the idea of a column compilation book mainly because it would be easy - I could just staple 'em all together. But publishers have been resistent, feeling the material dates.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#Years
#Feeling
#Idea
In '75, the year both A Chorus Line and Chicago hit Broadway, my head spun around and I became the ultimate theater queen for life.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#Life
#Queen
#Theater
#Chicago
I don't know about you, but I can tell when someone's lying. They can't look you in the eye - they look you in the bridge of your nose.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#Eye
#Lying
I go to screenings, then plays, then after-parties, then clubs.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
I'm deeply driven and want my finger stuck in every pot there is.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer
#Want
I'm just a simple kid from Brooklyn who landed into the most enchanted lifestyle imaginable.
Michael Musto,
American
Writer