Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together.

I'm sure there's going to be some material from This Is Not Going To Be Pretty. I usually use that song to just introduce myself to the audience, although the patter in between the song is always different.

Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.

My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.

How time files when you's doin' all the talking.

Please, people, do not f- with depression. It's merciless. All it wants is to get you in a room alone and kill you. Take care of yourself.

A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.