Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.

... when I left the stage door and sought my orientation among real people I was in a wilderness of unpredictables in an unchoreographed world.

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.

the first night is the worst possible time to make a hard and fast criticism: the baby never looks its best on the day it is born.

There is no way anything of value can be done without some framework. It might well be that the framework is discarded or the rules opposed; that is not important. What is essential is that they exist so that one knows when one is in opposition to them.

Life offstage has sometimes been a wilderness of unpredictables in an unchoreographed world.

Jumping for joy' is a very basic human reaction, and a child skipping down the street is simply an untrained dancer.