A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won't settle for anything less.

Misery is a communicable disease.

I want to make people feel intensely alive. I'd rather have them against me than indifferent.

I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well.

Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.

Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.