Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so wonderful to find.

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of 'Carousel', and it was a very vivid experience.

You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.

I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.

I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot.

Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.

I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.

Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.

When something isn't done, you want to do something about it.

It was like being high when you reach those high notes.

We are so strangely made

It's quite sad that so many children go through life unsure whether their parents love them or not.

She wanted to be herself at all costs.

Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.

If you don't like the way the Atlanta Braves are playing then you don't like baseball.

no matter how happy we are, no matter how much we want our night to stretch out infinitely, sleep is inevitable.

Don't you think it's time we thought about the future? Whether our children are gonna be winners or losers

I don't like the compression on compact discs. It's lacking in air, and it's lacking in majesty.

I write every day. Writing is a necessity - like eating.

I take it very seriously, music. I think it's one of the tools that a director has with which to kind of paint. The right music can sometimes do five pages of scripted dialogue.