If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians.

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.

Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.

The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.

Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion.

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion.

A novelist can’t be without a kimono and pen!(Shigure)

One of the most common areas where we fail is when we begin to think that genetic make-up of a person determines how far he can lead". Leadership is learnt and practiced!

Innovation is more attitude than skill.

If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.

This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting.

My favorite place in the morning is in the shower with Eric.

Is faith so cheap, my child? Faith is the last word. If one has faith, the goal is practically reached.

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me.