Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

If the end is right, it justifies the beans!

Every day a little death.

I didn't really want to write just lyrics, but I wanted to meet Leonard Bernstein. Music was always the first reason I was writing songs.

I've always liked puzzles, since I was a kid. I like party games, silly games. I loved chess. I enjoy jigsaw puzzles, but I'm not particularly visual.

They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.

My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's my mother's ambition to be a celebrity.