I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged.

Music straightjackets a poem and prevents it from breathing on its own, whereas it liberates a lyric. Poetry doesn't need music; lyrics do.

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.

It's age. It's a diminution of energy and the worry that there are no new ideas. It's an increasing lack of confidence. I'm not the only one. I've checked with other people.

Success is like failure, It's how you perceive it, It's what you do with it, not how you achieve it.

I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged.