If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.

Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.

If Hitler’s still alive, I hope he’s out of town with a musical.

You can write something that has continuity, but it makes happy endings all the more ridiculous.

I write what I write and I honestly don't care if it gets on or not. I'm writing to see if I can find out some of what I think about any number of situations. I work it out in the writing.

I think technology is such that we can reach new heights but we need some of the basics of the pre-technological age. It's counter-productive to be able to type a hundred words a minute but not know what the words mean.

Your style is formed by what you can't do.