In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.

The arts are the hospitals for our souls.

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

Good theater should always send people away feeling changed.

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I had no pain.

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes, at any age. It gives you a discipline, it gives you a place to go. It gives you some control in your life.

I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time to read.