All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.

It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.

To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.

I was born to be a ballerina - my physique, my spirit, my feeling for music. What I am can only be expressed in dance. I am an erotic woman and that's what dance is.

I recently learn a new word: insatiable. That's me.

Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.