Like everyone else, I want to go on dancing forever, but I know the day is going to come when I will have to be doing something else.

Friday night is our date night. We really carve out time for each other.

Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.

When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.

Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.

Even if I had nothing to do with the Canada Council, I'd be praying for it.

Talent will only take you so far, and it is your ability to feel the music and explore a movement that will bring you the greatest pleasure in dance.

What's a dancer's worst enemy? Sometimes it's age, but sometimes it's the dancer themselves.

There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.

I know how demanding the process of creation is.

Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.

Life becomes boring when things fall in place the way you intended!

This is how memories are made... by going with the flow.

There's always something to talk about.

If I knew I was going to die at a specific moment in the future, it would be nice to be able to control what song I was listening to; this is why I always bring my iPod on airplanes.

I like to see a home like this, a home connected with people's thoughts and work, things they love.

I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think nothing of walking in for a cup of coffee, but wouldn't dream of interrupting on the golf course.

What makes poetry? A full heart, brimful of one noble passion.

The truth of human freedom lies in the love that breaks down barriers.

If you want to know how a man stands, go among the people who are in his same business.

All amusements to which virtuous women are not admitted, are, rely upon it, deleterious in their nature.