I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender stereotypes.

There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do.

When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position.

I understand things that are American, for better or worse.

I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.

I also had a will that let me eliminate everything that stood in the way of my becoming the best dancer I could be. By a gradual process... (I) had invested every bit of my dreams, my hopes, my energies in defining myself as a dancer.

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.