Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.

Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.

The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.

Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion.

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion.

Unfortunately, we do not often see the advantages in the power of values and virtues. We are easily taken away by physical wealth, material possessions and the power of money.

If I were to kiss you then go to hell, I would. So then I can brag with the devils I saw heaven without ever entering it.

Rainbows is a pretty honest look at my approach to life and love. While I admit to not exactly being an angel, I do try and live life to the fullest and give as much as I can of myself in the process

What does an atheist scream when they come?

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, come forth from deep within me with Christmas luminous beauty.

Like piles of dry wood with red-hot coals underneath.

I have signed a pact with life: we will not get in each other's way

You can't be a creative person and not fall in love with everything. Every movie I've made there's a complicated, twisted love affair with.

It took me a while to realize I'm an NBA player.