A diaper is as inspiring as a drink.

I should write a musical. That is probably one of the final areas that I should pay attention to, because it does kind of involve everything. It's got theatre, it's got young, pretty people... And it's got money!

Premiering a new opera is probably one of the hardest things in the world to do, and opening nights of any opera are always pretty stressful.

I knew I was gay when I was around 13. There wasn't the internet, there weren't support groups, AIDS was everywhere. I mean, it was really dark.

I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.

For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust.

My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it really.