I think writing for a world one has invented can be infinitely more interesting than writing for the world we've all inherited.

I've tried in my career to do most everything, because it all intrigues me. And I've found the first time I work in a new form, I discover all the things that make that an exciting medium. I've been very busy most of my career. I've had very few vacations.

A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots.

I didn't want much. I wanted much more. In fact, I wanted everything.

As much as the mystery element is all a lot of fun, when you do go to 'Edwin Drood,' you're going to a theatre to see a show about going to a theatre and what that relationship between actors and audiences has been for years.

If you like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape, you're the love that I've looked for, come with me and escape.

I type even faster than I talk. I'm very proud of that. I type so fast. And I have to because the characters are living in real time and I've got to keep up with them. It's a miracle they even give me a royalty.