I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention.

I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.

The way I enjoyed spending time most was dancing. That's from the time I was a very small child, When I was 4 or 5 years old, I remember already having a regime. It was the way I always identified myself.

Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.

You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.

dance is simply the refinement of human movement - walking, running, and jumping. We are all experts. There should be no art form more accessible than dance, yet no art is more mystifying in the public imagination.

In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.