Each musical finds its own way.

I just find something to learn in everything.

If any of my plays outlive me or get on library book shelves and somehow stay read, all of a sudden it's a testament to "that's part of our culture, that's part of our history."

I think all of the decisions I make about my life and writing are the preparation - what I choose to write about and the immersive nature of the lifestyle I choose for playwriting.

Novels can fill in the spaces about what that emotional resonance is.

Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him.

And I was having too much fun to stop now.

In art, we are the first heirs of all the earth. . . . Accidents impair and Time transforms, but it is we who choose.

You have to recognize that deep within your soul, you know who you are - and let [the criticism] go right by you. If you're reacting to it, you're letting it get to you.

I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat under my eyes. My mum looked 30 when she was 60, so I guess I owe it all to genes and hair dye.

Every man needs a place to go to.

It is either a half-truth or a truth and a half.

I'm extremely blessed because I travel extensively for my work, but I always try to incorporate a bit of leisure with business.

That's why I made decisions; they were tough decisions but we shouldn't feel bad at all - don't look back with any regrets, that's how I made decisions as governor.

I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. Im too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.