The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me, but the truth is, I believe in family values.

It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical.

I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.

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

It's a terrible shame if you're born the brightest guy in your class. If you're not, then you have to hustle-and that's good.

I'm always glad to see somebody rethink something rather than reproduce something I did.

Nothing is staged exactly as it was, because I can't remember - and I consider that an advantage.