I like murder mysteries, the Agatha Christie kinds of things where you know that it's all going to be neatly wound up at the end.

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them.

I like neurotic people. I like troubled people. Not that I don't like squared-away people, but I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

I played the organ when I went to military school, when I was 10. They had a huge organ, the second-largest pipe organ in New York State. I loved all the buttons and the gadgets. I've always been a gadget man.

You move just a finger, say the slightest word, something's bound to linger-be heard.

The only reason to write is from love.

In not-for-profit theater, you don't worry so much about how the audience is going to react. You want to make them absorb the piece.