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

I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your imagination. Real excitement produces an energy that overcomes apprehension and makes you want to close in on your goal.

I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.

I have to feel that each thing I've learned I can push to another point next time. I'm not very good with repetition. I would rather not work than feel that repetition is the order of the day.

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

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.

The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex.