I have never had a problem with people not being able to understand the words and the meanings in Titus.

We tell myths over and over again, lest we forget who we are, lest we not understand that these tales take us through the darkness of our lives, and they put us into a place where you understand what it is to be human.

I think that both musicals and opera have a capacity to get to an inner emotional landscape.

A performance can have amazing visuals and special effects, but it has to tell a good story, even if that story isn't original.

You program music with an image and then people are desensitized.

I don't want to sound like a heroic woman or to seem full of myself, but I do have a core of trust that I'll figure things out and find my way. And if whatever I try is not a good experience, even that is a good experience. If something turns out lousy, it's interesting.

Some of my ideas for film or theater come to me in dreams. I'm also very creative when I'm talking to others. I believe in collaboration.