I learned that people like my work because I praise things that others don't like.

It took me a while to figure it out, but to have a real hit on Broadway, you have to get the respected Broadway people to like it. But then the production also has to appeal to the most middle-class people who know nothing about Broadway and who come to see it later.

I'm perpetual tourist, and that's the best way to travel. Nobody gets used to you, you make new friends without having to hear anyone's everyday problems, and you jet back still feeling like a know-it-all.

When I was young, no one wanted to be one; now even the President of the United States would call himself an outsider. So now I'm for insiders.

If you're not sure you could love your children, please don't have them, because they might grow up and kill us.

I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time.

I think middle America has changed very, very much. I think people are way more open-minded. I think - I think it's because the Internet. I think they're exposed to so much. All the men talked about how much they love their wife, which I don't hear all the time in art communities.