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.

Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead.

The situation's fraught, Fraughter than I thought, With horrible, impossible possibilities!

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.

White. A blank page or canvas. The challenge. Bring order to the whole Through design, composition, tension, balance, light, and harmony.

A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to be revised 'til it's close to perfection... But achieving perfection takes a lot of energy.

By the time I get through writing a score, I know the book better than the book writer does, because I've examined every word, and questioned the book writer on every word.