The only sin is mediocrity.

Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

The body says what words cannot.

Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.

I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.

The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.

Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

Misery is a communicable disease.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.

No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

No exceptions to exceptions!

The economic repercussions of a stock market crash depend less on the severity of the crash itself than on the response of economic policymakers, particularly central bankers.

The media can be challenging, but at the same time, without the media, I would not have been able to share my personal story. Often the media can bring beauty and encouragement to people's lives...

We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss.

My head's a carousel of pictures and The spinning never stops.

Most of the beauty of women evaporates when they achieve domestic happiness at the price of their independence.

Without the perfect sympathy with the animals around them, no gentleman's education, no Christian education, could be of any possible use.

You can't hurt me without my permission.

For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names.

I wanna run, i wanna stay. hold every piece, so it won't break.