This is the strange thing: Dancers don't age.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.

Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.

No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.

If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion

You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.

Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.

If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.

And then I did what I had never done in his presence, much less in his arms. I cried.

Fear is leaden. Courage is golden. Let go of the weight of the world, and you will fly.

Nature does nothing uselessly.

If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

As long as thriller authors teach us about our world, they'll be relevant.

Showbiz is great if you're successful.

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.

Once you’re facing the direction of the deep within, awareness enters without a thought.

Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.

High achievements in art, music, etc., are the results of concentration.