Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again.

The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written.

A play is a passion.

All experience helps when you write.

Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands.

I tend to develop my rambling anecdotes by actually getting up and performing them. That's the joy/horror of stand up - if you have the germ of an idea that you think might be funny, there is a way of finding out if it's funny very quickly.

I'm always just looking to get back to the joy of playing music, and keeping it simple, as much as I can.

Most of us need time to work through pain and loss. We can find all manner of reasons for postponing forgiveness. One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours.