The nature of my compulsion was such that I danced in my sleep. The entire household was sometimes awakened by loud thumping sounds coming from my room.

When you are on stage you are having an affair with three thousand people.

Fortunately for children, the uncertainties of the present always give way to the enchanted possibilities of the future.

The dance goes on forever. So shall I. So shall we.

As unnatural as dancing is, you have to find a natural way to do the unnatural.

As soon as you become afraid to make a fool of yourself, you're in trouble. I decided I may as well just see if I can live with myself making millions of mistakes and learn something from it.

... each action taken in this world has its echo in the heart.

I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.

Ballet is a riddle of means and ends.

I danced with passion to spite the music.

In saying my prayers, I discovered the voice of an innermost self, the raw nerve of my identity.

Are you sure this is a good idea?’ I ask.‘No, ’ says Amber. ‘Let’s do it.

Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.

Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt.

But ambition is a funny thing: it creeps in when you least expect it and keeps you moving, even when you think you want to stay put.

I was set down from the carrier's cart at the age of three; and there with a sense of bewilderment and terror my life in the village began.

Not all the chains are bad and not all the freedoms are good!

Eat when it is time to eat. And walk when it is time to walk.

Working people really amaze me. When you give them all the facts, they make the right decision every single time.

My direction? Anywhere. Because one is always nearer by not keeping still.

The sexual revolution of the 1960s was mostly a movement of young people. I felt that the so-called "free relationships" were overrated.