I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.

If I cannot fly, let me sing.

Success is like failure, It's how you perceive it, It's what you do with it, not how you achieve it.

The only reason to write is from love.

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

Any moment, big or small, Is a moment, after all. Seize the moment, skies may fall Any moment.

Anything you do, let it come from you. Then it will be new.

I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them feel - is paramount to me.

Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall.

Swing your razor wide! Sweeney, hold it to the skies!

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.

I had a dream about you last night... you kept meowing at people and licking yourself it was not unlike you normally.

The Message of Mohammad is not a set of metaphysical phenomena. It is a complete civilization.

His soul was shaped by the cadence of Sabbath keeping and seasonal festivals that were intended to help Him and all people to remember God's faithfulness, protection, and provision.

Always believe that life is amazing.

I recognized no obstacle to miraculous change but the incredulity of others. This was an idea that died hard, if it ever really died at all.

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.

Country acquaintances are charming only in the country and only in the summer. In the city in winter they lose half of their appeal.

Creativity is like chasing chickens.

I'm going to be acting all my life. But, while doing that, I will try to avoid the trappings of fame.

Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.