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.

I'm a lazy writer. My idea of heaven is not writing. On the other hand, I'm obviously compulsive about it.

For me it's more fun to find an unexpected moment for a character to sing when you don't expect them to.

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

Take a play that you like but you think is flawed, and see if you can improve it and turn it into a musical. [...] Then make up your own story.

I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them feel - is paramount to me.

You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have corporate investment or a lot of rich people.