A commission is an invitation to fall in love.

A dancer's life is all about repetition.

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.

I write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I like to be able to think in different modes. I like to be able to use the language a great deal and carry on rehearsals in French.

It's vital to establish some rituals-automatic but decisive patterns of behavior-at the beginning of the creative process, when you are most at peril of turning back, chickening out, giving up, or going the wrong way.

The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.

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