Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

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

I don't like abrasion while I'm working. I don't thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I'm doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.

I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.

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.

Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don’t think that’s a good trend for the theater at all.

I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn’t anticipate. It’s really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you’ve never got it all nailed.