Mary Rodgers (January 11, 1931 – June 26, 2014) was an American composer of musicals and an author of children's books.
My books are based on the "what if" principle. "What if you became invisible?" or "What if you did change into your mother for one day?" I then take it from there. Each book takes several months in the long process of writing, rewriting, writing, rewriting, and each has its own set of problems. The one thing I dislike about the writing process is the sometimes-loneliness of it all. Readers only get to see the glamour part of a bound book, not some of the agonizing moments one has while constructing it.
Rodgers & Hammerstein shows have a purity of unironic emotion that imprints itself upon people's hearts. They seem to touch our feelings so effortlessly. They have a scope and ambition that's missing from many musicals now.
When I woke up this morning, I found I'd turned into my mother.
Ronald Lauder
Shane Mosley
Jason Aaron
Irina Shayk
Margaret Dumont
John Willys
George Murphy
Dennis Sharp
Peter Roebuck
Steve Fossett
Ray Romano
Bryan Adams