I'm not an advocate of true rhymes, I don't think. I think that everyone who writes musical theater needs to know how to do true rhymes, because that's the tradition of it, but I do think that in order for the art form to grow, it's important to not let tradition get in the way of innovation.

My first writing job was with a company called TheatreworksUSA.

I try to turn off the TV and play with my kids as much as I can, and I always hope they're having as good a time as Mormon kids.

Our kids come first, and we really put them at the top of our priority list.

When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. However, on occasion, I would write something for my own pleasure or I would write notes and introductory remarks in the songbooks I put together.

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.

With imagination and personal creativity, people who sew can design the way they look to suit themselves.

We can't keep thinking in a limited way about what cinema is. We still don't know what cinema is. Maybe cinema could only really apply to the past or the first 100 years, when people actually went to a theater to see a film, you see?