It is not the man speaking through the woman, it is the woman speaking through the man.

Good choreography fuses eye, ear and mind.

Ballet is only good when it is great.

a masterpiece doesn't so much transcend its time as perpetuate it; it keeps its moment alive.

True genius doesn't fulfill expectations, it shatters them.

It is through strength of technique that the body stays in possession of music.

To think of criticism as a conversation is to think of it as a social act, something that puts you in touch with other people who may think the way you do.

Writing is the process by which you explain to yourself what happened to you.

Style consists in maintaining a convincing reality all through a piece. It's like wearing a garment that looks as if it might have been made for you even if it wasn't.

True genius doesn't fulfill expectations it shatters them.

We are so fearful that almost all of humanity has to depend on an invisible person with the name of God.

Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave.

The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.

I don't take advances for my books.

The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial.

At least 99.92% of illegal immigrants and visa overstays without known crimes on their records did not face removal.

My brothers can be a little out of control sometimes and so somebody has to be able to keep them focused.

Technology has no function except to save labor. Yet how often do we hear that the purpose of new capital formation is to create jobs?

I take making music seriously, but you have to have a sense of humor about yourself. I invite people into my life. That's how I do it.

Rudolf Valentino looks very much alive and he looks up ladies dresses as they sadly pass him by.