Dance is holy, sexual, and it's a way of being very powerful and a little dangerous without being violent.

People didn't feel so much shame around it and that they didn't feel so much humiliation around it. And the other thing that people have given me a lot of feedback about - something I'm very excited about - is all the stuff around chemo as an "empathetic warrior."

I am so grateful to be alive. It's ridiculous to be alive.

When I wrote 'The Good Body,' I turned 40 and suddenly had this stomach. It seemed like the end of the world. Because I didn't value my body. I was constantly judging it, but I also didn't live in it.

We have to bridge and join our struggles and understand how we can't fight violence against women without looking at racism, we can't fight violence against women without looking at economic deprivation or climate change. All these struggles are interconnected.

Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars.

I would rate the fact that I get to be alive a big beautiful 10. Satisfaction with myself - work in progress.