The only reason to write is from love.

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra.

Teaching is a sacred profession. And art is a form of teaching.

They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.

Only capitalists get photographers.

That's the trouble with awards for a body of work. They always come at both a good time and a wrong time. Good because they tell you what you've been doing was worth the doing and wrong because they ought to come when you're young and excited and hungry for assurance that what you're doing is worth the doing.

Friendship, obligation and greed are not good enough reasons to write anything.