You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.

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.

I have seen the best of you, and the worst of you, and I choose both.

Some people are just like snake, they will never understand your love.

Depression isn't just being a bit sad. It's feeling nothing. It's not wanting to be alive anymore.

When I first met Billy I thought about sucking his eyes right out of their sockets. They’re like turquoise gum drops.

Facts are subversive

Heaven invades earth when there is agreement here to what exists there. Honestly, that's how it happens.

Fidelity to one's marriage vows is absolutely essential for love, trust and peace

Courage you have, and the knowledge that we are all pilgrims together, wending through unknown country, home.

I have grown more forgiving. I accept that not everything is for me. I'm not as in love with my own opinions as I used to be. And anger is not something that comes to me as quickly as it once did.

Many access roads are too dangerous for relief workers, preventing them from carrying out assessments or reaching people in need.