People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.

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

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.

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

I'm sure there are some good dramaturgs but I've never worked with one.

Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy.

The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level.