First we have to believe, and then we believe.

Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

The body says what words cannot.

Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.

I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.

The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.

Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

Misery is a communicable disease.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.

No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

A society no more exists for the satisfaction of human needs, than a plant exists for its own health.

Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will or rather our own will is our separation from God.

The choices we make within the boundaries of the twists of fate determines who we are

Hope is lived when it comes alive, when we go outside of ourselves and, in joy and pain take part in the lives of others.

You've got to put yourself in positions to take away what can be said.

Pleasure usually comes when called, but not happiness.

My dad is funny in his own way, and so is my brother, but in terms of legitimately making a lot of people laugh, that's my mom. I inherit my sense of comedy from her.

I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

For the most part, there's so much of me in my characters.