Diane Paulus

The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.

Politics, to a degree, is about legislation, administration. You can't be there in the trenches.

I think actually what keeps the intensity manageable - it's a little counterintuitive - is that it's changing all the time. Every week is different for me.

I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20 years. No reason to kill it. You know, just take it and release it.