Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.

Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.

No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.

If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion

You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.

Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.

If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.

Human potential is the ability of a person or humanity to put their theoretical abilities into practice

God determine the appointed time and boundaries of influence for every man.

We must keep on learning for self-development.

I know I still had to take money from my parents, because no one can afford to live in Manhattan, not even the rich people.

It's insulting to ask a dramatist what his view of his play is. I have no opinion

Give him threepence, since he must make a gain out of what he learns.

...I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.

Your fears never go away. You just get more comfortable ignoring them.

If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.

If you’ve given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon of Hope .