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

It’s hard to find backbone.I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.

Being spontaneous, it's what saved me.

People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.

You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.

It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.

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