I was never much of a reader. I'm a slow reader, which is unusual, because I'm so into language and I love words so much. But it's hard for me to read.

I get some flak for and some resistance from colleagues for because I'm interested in storytelling. I mean what I like about songwriting is songs used to tell a story.

Two of the hardest words in the language to rhyme are life and love. Of all words!

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.

Deciding what is to be sung and what is not to be sung is really what writing a musical is about.

Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.