Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one.

In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.

A young person has to start making decisions for themselves at a much earlier age than an overbearing parent allows one.

Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.

I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.

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