“I'm skating this thin line between being freed, but also being heartbroken. Heartbreak and freedom.”

“Waking up is sometimes hard to do lately, but I got a lovely text from you, and I threw away my empty La Croix cans and I feel revitalized and refreshed.”

“I'm going to resist the urge to tell you that I'm OK because I'm not.”

“I've had to monitor the drinking level and sort of the substance levels, because in that little period of doing nothing, I was drinking way too much.”

“It's kind of hard to keep writing musicals when you don't know the future of musical theatre, you know?”

“So I just allowed myself to rest and enjoy my family and stuff. And that made me realize how burnt out I was before I was doing the whole thing. And so now I feel like I've regenerated as a person. I feel more creative now and that sort of thing. So I'm still really sad about what's happening, but I feel like I'm more normal now.”

“Yeah, week 10, oh my God.”

“When you've got nothing to apply yourself to, you just kind of waste away. So it's a minor inconvenience for me. I hate to say it, but I feel like I'm going through something like survivor's guilt.”

“Even though it's been really busy, there's this excess of other time that would have been spent driving or being somewhere and doing something. It's been helpful to become more thoughtful and try to be grateful for the blessings.”

“You think you have a grasp on how you feel, but you don't really. It changes from moment to moment.”

“On unemployment with the extra benefit, I make more money than I do when I work, which is really sad.”

“You know, when I'm in tech every other weekend, I don't see a lot of shows, but I find myself sitting here going, I have all of this time, what are the things that I've always wanted to do more of and half of those things don't happen.”

“And while it sucks, I know that this [covid] is not going to be here forever. And we just have to deal with the situations accordingly.”

“I'd see footage from China or footage from overseas. And you see people wearing masks even a year before the pandemic. And it's like I wonder, like, what is that about? And now as Americans, we all know why. I think that the world has become more alike in that way and will be forever changed. “

“I've spent more time sitting outside than ever before. Normally I'm kind of on the go more often than not. You take for granted actually being outside the house and even if it's just like going to work sitting outside. So I've been spending at least two hours a day outside every day. At least.”

“I feel like it's hard because I've been going through so much of an emotional rollercoaster. At times, I'm thankful for this time to really be able to slow down and recenter my thinking, and I'm thankful for the space and the time. But then there's times where it's very bleak.”

“Maybe if Jen wasn't sick, maybe I wouldn't be hand sanitizing after I touch everything. But I would, I think, wear a mask. “

“I read an article on Vanity Fair and, who knows, statistics are like whatever right now. We don't know anything. But one statistic speculated that we could reduce transmission by 80% if everyone just masked up. And it's just like, why wouldn't you? It's at no cost. And they're cool looking.”

“It's one of those things where I'm basically a recluse if you let me be. You know this well from trying to ever talk to me ever. And it's been hard because I just sort of leaned into that and disappeared completely.”

“I am tired of people saying that artists don't necessarily appreciate the value of hard work or don't know how to work hard.”

“No, time is fake. Yeah. I'm eating ice cream at 3 in the morning a lot.“

“Let me tell you my mother's maiden name, Social Security number, all that.”