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.

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.

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.

I explained it when I danced it.

I have never wanted to live to be old, so old I'd run out of friends or money.

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.

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