Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.

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.

Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

I think 'lunch' is one of the funniest words in the world.