In saying my prayers, I discovered the voice of an innermost self, the raw nerve of my identity.

The nature of my compulsion was such that I danced in my sleep. The entire household was sometimes awakened by loud thumping sounds coming from my room.

When you are on stage you are having an affair with three thousand people.

Fortunately for children, the uncertainties of the present always give way to the enchanted possibilities of the future.

The dance goes on forever. So shall I. So shall we.

As unnatural as dancing is, you have to find a natural way to do the unnatural.

As soon as you become afraid to make a fool of yourself, you're in trouble. I decided I may as well just see if I can live with myself making millions of mistakes and learn something from it.

... each action taken in this world has its echo in the heart.

I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.

Ballet is a riddle of means and ends.

I danced with passion to spite the music.

Beware of what you let enter your heart. There will come a day when you'd give anything to remove it.

A society, on occasion, can be the worst possible describer of mental health.

When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.

My mom and dad gave me everything they could have given me.

Movies are great, but the real romance happens right here somewhere as real close-up. Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased, so... It's not a pleasant feeling!

When I read things like the foundations of capitalism are shattering, I'm like, maybe we need that. Maybe we need some time where we're walking around with a donkey with pots clanging on the sides.

Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak.

I love to move around. I'm not a person who likes to stay in the same place all the time.

Nearly losing my life made me want to live my life.

One of the marks of a great teacher lies not only in an ability to impart knowledge but also in knowing when to encourage a student to go off on his own.