I basically never feel like writing. I am a happy-go-lucky, relaxed, fun-seeking kind of person. And working disturbs that, because it puts me in a state of anxiety.

I like to think my sense of humor is sort of smart and dumb at the same time. I like to work on multiple levels - smart and dumb, funny and sad, profound and mundane, cynical and hopeful.

Filipino pride. I'm so excited, I'm just sending love to the Philippines. I know they've had a tough year and I just send out my feelings to them.

I only like to write shows that I feel like no one has seen before.

If you're doing a musical, you should be out to give the audience something special, emotional, an uplifting feeling, something that stays with them.

I think one of my favorite productions ever was Sondheims Assassins at the Roundabout in 2004. Beyond brilliant.

Whenever Disney asks if you want to do a fairy tale musical, you say yes.

It’s okay to be crazy and scared and brave at the same time!

To bring your dreams into reality, write down all details of your process from A-Z

Give us an intense distaste for things that displease You and a renewed pleasure in things that bring You honor and magnify Your truth.

The Englishman respects your opinions but he never thinks of your feelings.

You have to believe in yourself, otherwise you can't do it. If you don't believe in yourself, how do expect anyone else to? Because ultimately, you're the one who has to do it.

I can play characters who sing, but I don't like singing in a nightclub or something. It's not my metier.

It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies.

[On the desert:] The wind was a constant, and when you paid attention, it seemed like the earth's own breathing.

Something is wrong if workers do not look around each day, find things that are tedious or boring, and then rewrite the procedures. Even last month's manual should be out of date

Even in my dreams, I’m an idiot who knows he’s about to wake up to reality.