The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.

One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.

To be who you are and become what you are capable of is the only goal worth living.

Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.

Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.

Making dances is an act of progress; it is an act of growth, an act of music, an act of teaching, an act of celebration, an act of joy.

My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.

But the dance speaks to everyone. Otherwise it wouldn't work.

Everything in dancing is style, allusion, the essence of many thoughts and feelings. The abstraction of many moments.

Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.

My past conduct was so transparent and so honest that when my enemies spread rumours about me nobody believed them.

Anything is possible.""You really believe that?""It's what the great love stories are about, right?Beating the odds.

The bonsai grower knows that if she can give life to a product that lives forever and perpetually adds value to the lives of others, she has not only a success but a legacy.

I love architecture.

People have to understand that they can reject technology. They can turn off their cell phone. They can stop looking at their e-mail. It's there if they want it. It's not being forced on them.

Christ was crucified because he threatened the tonal of the time. He was killed because he threatened the established order of the political regime.

I really thought that love would save us all.

We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards?

The business of life is to go forward.

Coming back to New Girl was a real reminder of how lucky I am to be on a popular network TV show.