” The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution. “
” Lyrics have to be underwritten. That’s why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it. “
” I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience’s ear a chance to understand what’s going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra. “
” By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur. “
” Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you’ve got to wait ’til the last collaborator comes in before you can complete the collaboration. “
” When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you’ve written. “
” When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors. “
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