Whether you're transgender or not, most of us get to a point in our lives where we can no longer lie to ourselves.

Who you are authentically is alright.

Beyoncé says it was Mathew Knowles, her father, who made her understand discipline and work ethic, what it means to come in early before class starts to stretch, or to work on your dégagés or your pirouettes or whatever it was. I was a turner! So to come in early and then to stay afterward and to just soak up everything that the teacher has, that's really what it's about - the striving for excellence.

There are lessons in everything. The bad, the good. Our job is to listen, and to continue to learn, so that maybe we get better at this. Maybe get better at life.

I'm so grateful that I had the luxury of transitioning in private. Because when you transition in the public eye, the transition becomes the story.

I'm terrified of saying the wrong thing on stage with bell hooks.

I'm always skeptical about representations of trans people, especially when trans people are not making the work.