People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.

And it is always Easter Sunday at the New York City Ballet. It is always coming back to life. Not even coming back to life - it lives in the constant present.

Feydeau's one rule of playwriting: Character A: My life is perfect as long as I don't see Character B. Knock Knock. Enter Character B.

Show business offers more solid promises than Catholicism.

However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet.

The great risk is always saying, "how will I communicate what I'm trying to get across to a room full of strangers sitting in the dark watching a stage?"

How much of your life can you account for? My life is a collage of unaccounted for brush strokes; I am all random”.

I don't think about taking a risk. I think about how far can I go. How can I make myself. What are the risks I must create.

You can read ten books and finally come across one detail, and it's like, "now everything else makes sense. Now I know where I am."

Which one is the truth, sir?Which period do you mean, son?

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

I’m much more than a writer – I’m someone who puts different words together in an interesting way.

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture.

I'm going to fight as hard as I can to make sure people have the futures that they deserve here in America.

Try managing a junkie - especially if you've never been one yourself.

My only thrill is self inflicted hickies.

What is this, a Hybrid? You guys must be proud of yourselves.

Physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky action at a distance.