I repeat the wake-up, the workout, the quick shower, the breakfast of three hard-boiled egg whites and a cup of coffee, the hour to make my morning calls and deal with correspondence, the two hours of stretching and working out ideas by myself in the studio ... That's my day, every day. A dancer's life is all about repetition.

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.

I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.

Creativity is an act of defiance.

With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances.

In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life.

Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill.