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

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.

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

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.

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

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

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