When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.

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.

Where there is humility, there you will find true humanity

We need somebody to give us a chance.

I know the horrors of war: no gains can compensate for the losses it brings.

Without community, there is no liberation.

Think beyond the vase! If you have a vase of flowers on a dining table for a quick dinner party, think about scattering flower petals, leaves, or even fruit along the tabletop.

Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.

Whoever can find the answer to this question: "How can I say this to my dog" has already won the game.

'The prison' begins well before its doors. It begins as soon as you leave your house - and even before.

The media and the interviews are great, but that does not help me make a call on the field. To me, I've got to work the game, and I've got to be great at it.

Artists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends.