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The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service.
Stephen Sondheim

Biography

Author Profession: Composer
Nationality: American
Born: March 22, 1930

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Censor, Down, Edit, Everything, Get, Must, Paper, Pencil, Put, Service, Thing, Until, Worst, Yourself