I am obsessive always, even as a child. On one side is this strict orthodox religion, on the other is communism, and I am this little girl pulled between the two. It makes me who I am. It turns me into the kind of person that Freud would have a field day with, for sure.

The world doesn't need an artist who shows reality as it is

I think if people raise their consciousness and find a purpose, everybody will be helped.

The most revolutionary ideas are not sellable, but only mind-changing.

Dali Lama said, 'when you open the heart of the person with humor, you can tell him the most truth. But if you tell him truth without humor, the heart closes.'

I have a problem with being a hero, but that's another problem.

You know I very much respect Yvonne Rainer, she is very important - in American dance, the entire development of modern dance, and creating a wonderful physical language.