I don't write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment. It's purely a business, but it is still so important to me emotionally.

If you write enough musicals you pretty much have a sense of where they should go, what you'll need, and when; how to pull people on that journey.

The best parts about writing a show are [its] first, second and 10th anniversaries. Everything else is relative levels of hell.

Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today [it] is the only way to really land musically dramatic work.

I've been very fortunate as a composer to be involved with projects that have really propelled my scores forward. I'm very proud of it.

I've always juggled a lot of projects because at least half the projects you do get shelved. So you have to do a lot of things in order for things to move forward.

I will find my wayI can go the distanceI'll be there somedayIf I can be strongI know every mile will be worth my whileI would go most anywhere to feel like I belong

Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.

Evil is relatively rare

Death is the same for the one who dies.

If you're not making waves, you're not under weigh.

I'd like to do an independent film.

The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.

be careful of monsters with teeth

There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof.

Stacey: "I'm surprised you haven't thrown me out." Comfort: "At your current weight, I'd need some sort of catapult.

The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are.