I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a beginning, a middle, and an end that would tie everything together.
Dorothy Fields

In a show or a movie, one must work with many people. Many women just don't have the time for it.
Dorothy Fields

Write what you feel. Write because of that need for expression.
Dorothy Fields

Love is the reason you were born.
Dorothy Fields

If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.
Dorothy Fields

Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.
Dorothy Fields

My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave notices, but I got interested in reading what the critics were saying about whether the play was good or not.
Dorothy Fields