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

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

You've got to break through this idea of being light as a ballerina. The heavier you'll feel, the lighter you'll look.

I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.

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.

At this stage of my life I would rather try and have some small impact within a company and suffer through those things than make such a big stink that nobody can trust to work with you. It's very important in an environment of a big institution that people don't feel threatened that you're going to expose them in any way.

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