Typed Letter Signed regarding not having a ‘favorite’ song

Typed letter signed from the important composer and lyricist, replying to a letter from a fan.  On Sondheim's personal stationary and dated March 5, 1987, the letter begins, "Dear Mr. Juscik - / Thanks for the letter and the compliments.  Briefly (since I'm up to my neck in deadlines)"—Sondheim was in the final months of preparing Into the Woods for its Broadway debut—"I do indeed feel the way M. Simenon feels.  I try to avoid listening to any new music while I'm writing a show for exactly his reasons.  Otherwise, my listening habits have not changed at all.  I still enjoy and explore the kind of music I have in the past. / Yours sincerely, / Stephen Sondheim."  At the time of this letter, which is on Sondheim's personal stationary and dated March 5, 1987.  In very fine condition.  1 page. 5.75 x 7.75 inches (14.8 x 19.6 cm).

When Belgian author Georges Simenon was asked what he read during a 1967 interview with Jacques Lanzmann for Lui magazine, he replied that he hadn't read a novel since 1928.  "I read newspapers, the most important ones published around the world, and then also historical, philosophical works, scientific, artistic.  To read others would influence me too much.  And then if by chance I ever met another Simenon in my readings... well... I'd have to challenge him to a duel or give it all up.  No, I prefer not to read anything.  I leave literature in peace, and it does the same with me." (21009)

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