The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.

Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution.

Art is craft, not inspiration.

When I listen to my work, I think, what's so inflammatory about it? It's not really that dissonant. A lot of people who used to hate my stuff have come round to it.

Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the character.

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

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.