I embarked on a risky course of plastic surgery and silicone injections, major dental realignments and gruesome medical procedures. I pray that young dancers, those who imitate me at their peril, will avoid this blind alley. It is more than a dead end; it is a dead beginning.

In saying my prayers, I discovered the voice of an innermost self, the raw nerve of my identity.

I danced with passion to spite the music.

Fortunately for children, the uncertainties of the present always give way to the enchanted possibilities of the future.

As soon as you become afraid to make a fool of yourself, you're in trouble. I decided I may as well just see if I can live with myself making millions of mistakes and learn something from it.

... each action taken in this world has its echo in the heart.

As unnatural as dancing is, you have to find a natural way to do the unnatural.