Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.

Friday night is our date night. We really carve out time for each other.

When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.

Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.

Even if I had nothing to do with the Canada Council, I'd be praying for it.

Talent will only take you so far, and it is your ability to feel the music and explore a movement that will bring you the greatest pleasure in dance.

What's a dancer's worst enemy? Sometimes it's age, but sometimes it's the dancer themselves.

There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.

I know how demanding the process of creation is.

Like everyone else, I want to go on dancing forever, but I know the day is going to come when I will have to be doing something else.

Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.

In life your rewards come from the gifts you give to others.

Hit your hand on a stone and expect it to hurt.

University departments wanted to hire sober, rational researchers and teachers. You were allowed revelatory, apocalyptic experiences only after you had tenure.

Schools themselves pervert the natural inclination to grow and learn into the demand for instruction.

Girls have a tendency to take responsibility for romantic misinterpretations, when often it's men whose perfectly honed emotional inscrutability makes life more complicated than it should be.

Nature is a mere pretext for a decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art.

But, indeed, we prefer books to pounds; and we love manuscripts better than florins; and we prefer small pamphlets to war horses.

So many people are so busy being busy that they don’t spend time on the foundation of their life.

Resounding…with wit, courage, and compassion. Skinny will speak to everyone who has ever felt invisible or unlovable.

I never try to avoid 'Ugly Betty' fans, as I love them.