You know what's a great way of tricking people into thinking you're a genius? Write a show about geniuses!

'Rent' was the show that made me want to write. Or that showed me you're allowed to write.

What 'Twilight Zone' did was show we all have a great capacity for good and evil.

I only know how to write musicals.

I like the quiet it takes to pursue an idea the way I pursued 'Hamilton,' but I couldn't write a book, because there's no applause at the end of writing a book.

Because of the success of 'Hamilton' and 'On Your Feet!' you can't hide behind the old argument of, 'It needs to be bankable, so we can't put all these people of color in the show.' We are bankable.