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.

The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service.

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.

There's something inimical about the camera and song.

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them.