I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.

I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it.

What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.

We've got to find a way to protect the process of making musical theater.

When I was a producer, the fun of the show was waking up with a hit and enjoying the period after the show opens. The fun of a director stops the day it opens. No matter if it's a success or a failure, it's not a whole lot of fun anymore.

I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me.

I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.