Alan Jay Lerner Quotes

United States, Lyricist
August 31, 1918 – June, 14, 1986.

Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. He won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors.

Also known as Librettist

It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

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- Character
- Pretty
You write a hit the same way you write a flop.

Alan Jay Lerner

Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.

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- Home
An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.

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Men die but an idea does not.

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- Men
- Die
Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

Alan Jay Lerner
- Criticism
With a little bit of luck, you'll never work!

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- Work
- Luck
Why can't a woman be more like a man?

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- Why

A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights.

Alan Jay Lerner
- Work
- Sleep
- Monday