Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.

When you make new musicals, you have the great freedom and the great burden that it can be changed.

I'm sort of a Freudian about theater; it's always a struggle between freedom and security, between 'Do I stay where I am with my family because I love them or do I follow the thing that makes my heart feel the greatest?'

We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to the core of the culture, there's an enormous amount of compassion and forgiveness and support.

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.