Live is exciting, live is real, the people are there.

I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.

Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

The only way you learn is by failure.

I think you should control yourself a little bit, so you can walk, and when you die, you can walk to your own funeral.

Anything worthwhile is hard, and dancing is very hard, and if you've ever studied dancing of any kind you'd know that to be in precision, three people dancing together.

I do twenty minutes every time the refrigerator door opens and the light comes on.

I'll just stay in [show business] till they stuff me like Trigger, when I drop dead.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

If you're a dancer, study singing. You have to do everything and do it well. You have to study acting. You have to study all of it. You have to find workshops, get out on the stage...and fail.

I think one of my favourite films is 'Dark Victory' with Bette Davis. Why? She was so wonderful in that film. And maybe I just want a good cry once in a while without having to go through a divorce.

Nobody is really an expert, as we are all still learning.

Did you tell them that you made love to the poet?Did you tell them that our lovechild is an elegy?

The greatness of the object enabled my mind to support what my strengths of body was scarce equal to.

I admire my father greatly.

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens.

I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.

The goods we spend we keep; and what we save We lose; and only what we lose we have.

There are a good number of people creating black metal and black metal inspired music in the northwest. Much of this music is radically noncommercial and exists only on a very local, private level.

The universe is popping all over the place.

When you translate a dream into reality, it's never a full implementation. It is easier to dream than to do.