“You just have to know that some things are going to work and some things aren't, and sometimes that's completely out of your control, and you just have to keep going. I've been around long enough to learn that along with downs come subsequent ups, so you just have to keep going and wait for the wheel to turn again.”

American musical theatre composer and lyricist

Stephen Schwartz is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist whose career has spanned more than five decades. He is known for writing stage musicals such as Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked. Schwartz has also written lyrics for films, including Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Prince of Egypt, Enchanted, Disenchanted, and the two-part adaptation of Wicked. His work moves between stage and screen, with songs and shows that have reached broad audiences over many years.