We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work.

One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.

To be who you are and become what you are capable of is the only goal worth living.

Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.

Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.

Making dances is an act of progress; it is an act of growth, an act of music, an act of teaching, an act of celebration, an act of joy.

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.

My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.

But the dance speaks to everyone. Otherwise it wouldn't work.

Everything in dancing is style, allusion, the essence of many thoughts and feelings. The abstraction of many moments.

It may be a species of impudence to think that the way you understand God is the way God is. (60).

Power of softness and kindness are the greatest.

God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.

She had stumbled on what was possibly the ultimate truth, the greatest wisdom of all - the search for knowledge never ends. It goes on and on forever.

And then this — the moment he calls my name — is the real moment everything changes.He is no longer St. Clair, everyone's pal, everyone's f

The message is clear: By all means become an abomination -- but only while unhinged by grief or wrath.

The room went dark and, after a moment, Grace whispered that she loved me, sounding a little sad. I wrapped my arms tightly around her shoulders, sorry that loving me was such a complicated thing.

I don't wear orange or yellow on the red carpet because my skin kind of blends in with them.

There are nice, funny, totally good-looking guys out there. You just have to know where to look…and apparently, where NOT to look.

At one time, you think you're invincible. This just can't happen to you but, when it happens, the reality sets in that you either change or you die. You realize you've got only one life.