Alan Jay Lerner Quotes

"You write a hit the same way you write a flop."
- Alan Jay Lerner

"With a little bit of luck, you'll never work!"
- Alan Jay Lerner
(Related: Luck)

"Men die but an idea does not."
- Alan Jay Lerner
(Related: Men, Idea)

"Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism."
- Alan Jay Lerner
(Related: 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
(Related: Home, Talent, Saying)

"An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him."
- Alan Jay Lerner

"A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights."
- Alan Jay Lerner
(Related: Work, Sleep)

"Why can't a woman be more like a man?"
- Alan Jay Lerner
(Related: Man, Woman)