Stephen Sondheim Quotes

Darkness is full of possibility.

There's so much in the world that has already been done, but there are plenty of things left for people who want to go get it.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

Use your imagination, and you'll see that even the most narrow, humdrum lives are infinite in scope if you examine them with enough care.

There will always be a frontier where there is an open mind and a willing hand.

I'm always looking to do things that are really different from each other.

I dwell in possibility.

Being Canadian and from Winnipeg, I have the spirit of a dreamer because of the cold, and being in the basement thinking of possibilities of where else I can be in the world, in a good way!

Some people are fascinated by what they know, and some are fascinated by what they don't know. I'm just very interested in what's possible.

You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite.

Three acres and a cow.

Children live in a world filled with possibilities. Their thoughts roam without boundaries, like dreams – full of images, places and actions. Unlike adults, they can’t temper their imaginations with experience. So, when a child plays with a toy or reads a story, it becomes an adventure, a new reality to them.

You'll find the future wherever people are having the most fun.

I enjoy things that are so far away from me; that's why, when I play things that are a little bit closer to me, I get really bored. When it's something that's the antithesis of what I am, there's much more to lose yourself in.

There are so many amazing parts to life, so many amazing things to write about.

The two questions I always ask myself are 'What if' and 'Why not?

Discovery is fun. I am incredibly open to everything.

The more doors there are for you to open, the better the play.

I like not knowing what's around the corner. It's always been that way, and maybe that's one of the reasons why I'm an actor.

There are many ways to lead a life. It would always be ideal to have a paycheck coming in. But I really love this fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants approach. It's scary and wonderful at the same time. I feel very open to many possibilities.

As a child, I spent a lot of time wandering around the prairies and in the hills, and there was a sense that it was such a wide-open space, and there was kind of a feeling of potential. I could imagine anything happening there.

If you are open-minded and you let the universe come in, you never know where things might go.

I am always living in the now, so I like what fate brings to you. That's always fun for me. To have a process and someone be like, 'How about this?' And you just grab onto that and see where it takes you.

What I love about 'Toast' is that there's always new stuff you can do with him.

I'm about possibilities and about surprises and the life force.