Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can do. And it's about listening, it's about listening to remarkable music and how we respond to that.

I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg. I believe in a theater where the director and the playwright work together to create what they need.

Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy.

How much of your life can you account for? My life is a collage of unaccounted for brush strokes; I am all random”.

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

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.

Does the New York City Ballet affect other places? Yeah, it lets people know they should come to New York.