The essential thing about mothers is that one needs to know that they are there, particularly at that age when, paradoxically, one is trying so hard to break away from parental influence.

generally speaking, we are all happier when we are still striving for achievement than when the prize is in our hands.

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

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

Dancing was something to be taken very seriously when engaged in and otherwise put out of mind.

The essential thing about mothers is that one needs to know that they are there, particularly at that age when, paradoxically, one is trying so hard to break away from parental influence.

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.