The struggle is to stay present enough when you're taking your next step forward that you're really making your most honest choices.

You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. Or you can start speaking up.

I'm never gonna be somebody who's gonna fall down from the sky on a trapeze. That's not me. I really want to make sure that my focus stays on connecting with the audience.

One of the wonderful ways to celebrate women is to hire women.

It's so easy to just rip someone's work apart.

I'm somebody who grew up listening to a lot of musical theater, so getting to finally write musical theater songs and songs that sound that way - the emphasis being on the storytelling, but the arrangements and the orchestrations can be really varied - I found that to be, actually, a really joyful discovery.

Late night writing is also good, too, but in New York, you've got neighbors. I try to be a good neighbor.