'West Wing' was huge. Like 'Hamilton,' it pulls back the curtain on how decision-making happens at the highest level, or at least how you hope it would be. The amount of information Aaron Sorkin packs into a scene gave me this courage to trust the audience to keep up. - Lin-Manuel Miranda 1 Share Now -
I grew up in an immigrant neighborhood. We just knew the rule was you're going to have to work twice as hard. - Lin-Manuel Miranda 2 Share Now -
We've had characters like Trump in American politics forever, characters who trade on xenophobia. - Lin-Manuel Miranda 4 Share Now -
Making words rhyme for a living is one of the great joys of my life... That's a superpower I've been very conscious of developing. I started at the same level as everybody else, and then I just listened to more music and talked to myself until it was an actual superpower I could pull out on special occasions. - Lin-Manuel Miranda 5 Share Now -
'West Wing' was huge. Like 'Hamilton,' it pulls back the curtain on how decision-making happens at the highest level, or at least how you hope it would be. The amount of information Aaron Sorkin packs into a scene gave me this courage to trust the audience to keep up. - Lin-Manuel Miranda 6 Share Now -
Making words rhyme for a living is one of the great joys of my life... That's a superpower I've been very conscious of developing. I started at the same level as everybody else, and then I just listened to more music and talked to myself until it was an actual superpower I could pull out on special occasions. - Lin-Manuel Miranda 7 Share Now -
One of my first favorite books was 'The 12 Days of Christmas,' and I would just go up to people and say, 'I can sing 'The 12 Days of Christmas,' and I would make them sit through me reciting it, and I'd go all the way, each time. I've always hooked into lyrics. - Lin-Manuel Miranda 8 Share Now -
'West Wing' was huge. Like 'Hamilton,' it pulls back the curtain on how decision-making happens at the highest level, or at least how you hope it would be. The amount of information Aaron Sorkin packs into a scene gave me this courage to trust the audience to keep up. - Lin-Manuel Miranda 9 Share Now -
In the best works of fiction, there's no mustache-twirling villain. I try to write shows where even the bad guy's got his reasons. - Lin-Manuel Miranda 10 Share Now -
