Art, In Itself, Is An Attempt To

Musical Comedies Aren't Written, They Are Rewritten.

Musicals Are — Particularly Musicals — Plays Also, But Musicals Particularly Are… The Last Collaborator Is Your Audience, And So You’ve Got To Wait ’til The Last Collaborator Comes In Before You Can Complete The Collaboration.

My Mother Wanted Me Off Her Hands. She Was A Working Woman. She Designed Clothes, And She Was A Celebrity Collector. It's My Mother's Ambition To Be A Celebrity.

My Personal Life And My Artistic Life Do Not Interfere With Each Other.

One Of The Hardest Things About Writing Lyrics Is To Make The Lyrics Sit On The Music In Such A Way That You're Not Aware There Was A Writer There.