I wish Howard Ashman was still alive so I could just meet him and tell him his words are magic. It's so fun to say. He has such great alliteration and paints the most vivid images with his lyrics

I'm praying for healing for our nation. For retaliation that yields constructive results. Peaceful protests. We need each other.

I've been in New York for going on five years now, and I always thought I would make a mark and do something but I never thought it would be this big of a deal. I'm so blessed and I'm truly honored.

I feel like I've always had a sordid sense of humor, and it's only gotten more twisted as I've gotten older.

I feel like communication is the same whether you're cooking for someone or singing or writing a song or writing a play or ordering from McDonald's.

I know that I need my coffee in the morning, and I don't want to talk to anybody at the start of my day!

I make amazing fried chicken. The secret is taco seasoning.

So much of what I do is inspired by and for the LGBTQ community and for everyone but, just, being a theater kid and wanting to do stuff that represents us in a positive light.

I feel most at home when I'm alone. That's not sad. It's just I feel closest to source and connection when I'm by myself.

First we have to understand that we are not the mind! We are identical with neither its bright, nor its dark side!

Persistent smile brings out hollow dimples, and persistent frowns brings out hollow wrinkles.

I just think, as writers, especially with a book that takes years to write, you sort of wake up every morning hoping and praying that you can make it work for the day.

I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.

It is a cardinal sin to bore the reader.

The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator.

We are all, after all, just human beings, and most of us have a lot in common.

I'm definitely someone that's private. I've never been interested in celebrity.

God has given me a life far beyond anything I ever dreamed about. God is, man, God is something else man.

If you look at the polls - the conservatives are fine.I think there will be a fair amount of enthusiasm, or at least motivation. They very much want to remove President [Barack] Obama.