I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to know the recipe for their pasta.

I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey.

I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.

Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It's a norm of life by which people should try to live. Don't waste time. Be interesting and interested.

I read Russian literature a lot.

You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes.

I am not the first straight dancer or the last.