I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.

An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.

I've never had a very great public life.

The musical is the one area of the theater that can give you the biggest buzz of all.

My own tastes happen to be in tune with what the public wants. I think that's the reason my batting average is so high, not because I've discovered some brilliant formula.

I've taken considerable gambles on shows, but they're very considered gambles.

What musicals need is a new me.

I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.

It horrifies me how much it costs to put on shows now, mainly due to EU regulations. The freedom to be entrepreneurial is no longer there. It's a massive business now.

My dream is to be on my boat. Or on an island. Or in my house in the country. That's my dream.

I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work.

People who copy you will always be one step behind.

When you use your mind to grow yourself, education doesn't come into it.

The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menagerie of kids, business and cooking!

To be successful, you need to really work hard. And every study in the last 50 years says that successful people say, "I am not smarter than anybody else. I just want to work harder and longer."

Someday I'll design a typeface without a K in it, and then let's see the bastards misspell my name.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent

No, no, no, not God bless America — God damn America!

I haven’t met God and I haven’t been to heaven, so I’m skeptical.

The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.

Get them while they're young and bend their minds.