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.

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.

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.

The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.

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

I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?

I would like to see more new productions of new material by new composers/lyricists/book writers. I would like to see people take more chances. I think because everything costs so much they're not taking the chances they used to.