I want you and you and nothing but you – miles and piles of you! Finally, I’ll have something worthwhile to think about each morning. You and you and nothing but you – no substitution will do! Nothing but fresh, undiluted and pure; top of the line and totally mine!

Maybe I’d see how you could be so certain that we had no chance... at all.

It’s about one moment. It’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back.

The jury is still out on whether I'm a genius or not.

Comedy is drama. I think that if your characters are feeling something that is very real, then they have to respond in a way that feels real to them, and some situations, the only response you could possibly have is to respond in a way that's so extreme that people are going to laugh.

It's about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back.

I am a muso, and I love doing it. I assumed that would be my career for a long time. I always wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think that anyone could actually be that full-time, so I always go back to conducting and arranging and playing. If you scratch me, I'm a musician.

I never wanted to write 'Mamma Mia!' or 'The Book of Mormon' - they're not my thing, I don't care about them. What I do is very different.

In terms of my religious preference, if a year goes by and I don't have a Seder or I don't light the menorah, I feel a loss.

I know I'm really good at writing for the theater. I can deny it all I want. Other people can fight me on it. It doesn't really matter. It's the thing I happen to know is my gift.