I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.

I have a terrible memory because I'm not interested in the past. It's done, it's done.

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

I'm crazy about Dublin. If you went back 3,000 years in my ancestry you wouldn't find a drop of Irish blood in the veins, but I love the place.

There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling.

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'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot.