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

I don't think in art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting with hope.

The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.

I never thought of myself as being a genius. I don't know what genius is. I think a far better expression is a retriever, a lovely strong golden retriever that brings things back from the past, or retrieves things from our common blood memory

Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

Misery is a communicable disease.

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.