My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's my mother's ambition to be a celebrity.

I do not hope for what I cannot have! I do not cling to things I cannot keep!

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

When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors.

I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.

It's pleasanter to work in the country, where you can wander out among the trees. But I don't get as much work done. In the city you don't want to leave the room because there's all that chaos going on.

You're so nice. You're not good, you're not bad, You're just nice. I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right. I'm the witch. You're the world.