I wanted to be a Bride of Christ but I guess now I'm a young divorcee.

The imagination says listen to me. I am your darkest voice. I am your 4 a.m. voice. I am the voice that wakes you up and says this is what I'm afraid of. Do not listen to me at your peril.... The imagination is not our escape. On the contrary, the imagination is the place we are all trying to get to.

Show business offers more solid promises than Catholicism.

What we're dealt with hopefully is two arms, two eyes, two legs, a head, a heart. The variations, the extensions, the possibilities of the human body, what that can do

All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs.

There's no such thing as a perfect play. Sometimes you have to protect the life of the play.

The life of a dancer is tragically short. What is remarkable about the New York City Ballet is that it makes us forget that. Because it keeps the ballet alive.