In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.

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.

If at first you don't succeed, try again.If you still don't succeed, blame someone else.

The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment

I do not seek. I find.

I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air.

Well, considering my entire life, now seems rules by odd coincidences, I figure it's right on track.

We were created for the purpose of giving God's invisible character a glimpse of visibility.

Suggesting evil is human doesn’t mean we can always understand it.

Asking science to explain life and vital matters is equivalent to asking a grammarian to explain poetry.

The music in a film like this is as critical as anything because Kong is mute. He doesn't talk.

A good leader is always looking for people smarter and more experienced than they are. If you are the smartest one in the room, then you are stupid.