Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances.

Disease, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere, or a cataclysmic earthquake, I'd accept with some despair, but no, you sent us Congress! Good God, Sir, was that fair?

I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress.

The relationship between an actress and her director is often a very close one.

For writers that rehearsal period is death. It is the most destructive thing of all to a script.

The rehearsal period is so far away from the time when the scene will actually be shot that very little is remembered.

There are two kinds of actors: those with one job too few, who have to take every one that comes along, and those with one job too many, who can always turn down the one they don't want.

Hollywood is a cottage industry involving a very small number of people, and around the edges are enormous numbers of people trying to get into it and work.

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.

The same styles you used earlier may become monotonous over time. You want to remain relevant, so you got to change that style. Reinvent yourself always: You must create a new you

The ultimate foundation of spirituality is the recognition that there can't be such a thing as a purposeful life in a purposeless universe.

To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude.

I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.

I had a soft spot for crazy people.

ANOINT, v.t.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery. As sovereigns are anointed by the priesthood, So pigs to lead the populace are greased good.

You have a point," said Fronto, "and even a poet must occasionally bow to logic.

A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes on to another as a vine to bear grapes again in season.

My intentions with any of my music is to keep it futuristic and updated and be experimental and try new things.

I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.