You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.

Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur.

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

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

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

I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that.

Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don't care who does that astonishing.