Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.

Where there is no heart there is no art.

The right to happiness is fundamental.

To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success.

It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.

If I could have said it, I shouldn't have had to dance it.

To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.

Whenever I have had a sudden urge to quit dancing, I just remember that moment I had when I was young and remember that dancing is what I want to do.

Dance is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual

I shouldn't wonder if you didn't wonder much too much!

I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard.

Funny how a wife can spot a blonde hair at twenty yards, yet miss the garage doors.

I was fat! I was pustule-rich! I looked like a pink human grenade! When did I blossom into the irresistible little orchid that I am now? I don't know. Getting taller helps. It spreads out a bit.

I like movies about women behaving badly, because women behave badly just like men, and we're not always adorable and cute about it.

There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time.

Unless the gentle inherit the earth, / There will be no earth.

This election result has increased people's faith in democracy.

Inspiration is the gift of those who have experienced life at its most defined moments.

It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name.