I really never felt any tremendous aggravation or separation.

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.

In enlightenment, the seer and the seen disappear. Or, more accurately, are seen through as illusions. In reality, they were never there, apart from being concept and misunderstanding.

Every man seeks the life he thinks he deserves.

The prettier the wine bottle, the higher the likelihood sorority girls will buy it.

Boxing gave me a voice to express the anger I felt for where I came from.

Art is far feebler than necessity.

Ordinary men are given the authority of the priesthood. Worthiness and willingness - not experience, expertise, or education - are the qualifications for priesthood ordination.

She attracted him more than he liked.

Unpredictability is the greatest asset a leader can have.

I believe the biggest breakthroughs on cancer could come from brilliant researchers based in India.

Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves.