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

You don't push the button that says "Now I will write something that resonates in time." You don't know. It's what happens after a play is finished.

Every play is so important. It's a record of what life was like at the time you wrote that play or that book.

And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.

And it is always Easter Sunday at the New York City Ballet. It is always coming back to life. Not even coming back to life - it lives in the constant present.

However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet.

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.