I never feel as though I'm ever, ever alone.

You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak, and they respond immediately.

Theatre is immediate gratification

Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing.

I'm bugged because I can't believe I can't speak every language there is. But I feel I can when I sit and am with somebody, and I can dance for them. Because dance is dialogue without language.

Many of the shows I danced in don't exist on film, but they do exist in the memories of those who were in the theater for that single moment in time. And nothing can replace that.

My neighborhood was a great neighborhood; it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking I was a human being.

Looking back doesn't have to be painful.

I love life. I love the live theater.

Even the most ordinary things can be made extraordinary simply by doing it with the right people.

The river moves, but it follows a path. When it tires of one journey, it rubs through some rock to forge a new way. Hard work, but that's its nature.

That's the thing about time travel — you're always moving forward, even when you go back.

To me film school was film history because there weren't a lot of books out there that I had access to.

I'm a fan of Talking Heads going way back.

Education has in America's whole history been the major hope for improving the individual and society.

Love based upon money and vanity forms the most stubborn of passions.

In a novel, the relationship between writer and reader is such a pure one.

I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.

When I gave my life to the Lord, I thought I'd be a preacher.