I'm a known reader. That's what I do with my time.

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.

I was the third son, and the family tradition was my dad always favored the oldest child.

The sermon of your life in tough times ministers to people more powerfully than the most eloquent speaker.

He'd (Reggie Jackson) give you the shirt off his back. Of course he'd call a press conference to announce it.

When we go slower, we are more patient and when we are more patient we have a choice in how we respond.

There is no more beautiful sight than a young woman who glows with the light of the spirit who is confident and courageous because she is virtuous.

We suffered failures of imagination just like everyone else, our daring was wanting, and our daily contentment too nearly adequate for us to give it up.

My parents own a restaurant in Albuquerque.

This bloke was so pissed, he thought his vomit had come to life!

You're traveling all over the world but to be home is something special.

Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our faculties to rust in idleness.