Write About The Thing That Frightens You

Family Is Just Accident.... They Don't Mean To Get On Your Nerves. They Don't Even Mean To Be Your Family, They Just Are.

There Is No Point In Trying To Remember Your Dreams ... There Is Only The Unspeakable Joy Of Eavesdropping On Your Spirit, Catching Tiny Glimpses Of Its Independent Life, Resting For A Moment In Its Wisdom, Puzzling, Laughing Sometimes, Over What It's Up To, What It Makes Of You.

There Are Days When I Think The National Endowment For The Arts Should Issue A Quota System For The Production Of Plays By Women - Especially When You Realize Women Buy 70 Percent Of All Theater Tickets.

If Someone Wants To Say 'i Love You' In A Straight Play, They Say It, And Then It's The Other Person's Turn To Talk. But In A Song, You Can Sing About It For Another Three Minutes. The Musical Form Has That Unique Opportunity To Express At Length What Joy Really Feels Like.

I Grew Up At The Piano, And I Longed To Write Musicals.