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 remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just interested in everything and she took me to opera and ballet, and then ballet got me hooked.

You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.

If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way.

A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought.

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.

Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.