Whenever Disney asks if you want to do a fairy tale musical, you say yes.

I like to think my sense of humor is sort of smart and dumb at the same time. I like to work on multiple levels - smart and dumb, funny and sad, profound and mundane, cynical and hopeful.

Filipino pride. I'm so excited, I'm just sending love to the Philippines. I know they've had a tough year and I just send out my feelings to them.

I only like to write shows that I feel like no one has seen before.

I basically never feel like writing. I am a happy-go-lucky, relaxed, fun-seeking kind of person. And working disturbs that, because it puts me in a state of anxiety.

If you're doing a musical, you should be out to give the audience something special, emotional, an uplifting feeling, something that stays with them.

I think one of my favorite productions ever was Sondheims Assassins at the Roundabout in 2004. Beyond brilliant.

We are going to the moon that is not very far. Man has so much farther to go within himself.

Conquer with forbearanceThe excesses of insolence.

Every city has to deal with the problem of cars and public transport.

There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.

I just like to hear that guys have the same problems that we do.

Our moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and drip of trees.

The sweet air coming into your house on a fine day, from water etched with waves as formal as the scales on a fish.

More than fifty-five years ago my father told me, "The Bible does not belong on the shelf but in your hand, under your eye, and in your heart."

I've never known anyone yet who doesn't suffer a certain restlessness when autumn rolls around... We're all eight years old again and anything is possible.

I've matured a lot as a pitcher. I understand what my strengths are. I've learned that I've got a great sinker, I get a lot of ground balls, and it's easy to get a ground-ball double play.