I'm sure many writers have these strange, tiny little habits.

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

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

In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.

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

Almost all the shows I've been connected with have been extremely well cast. They're playing the show, not just doing the songs.

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.