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

You can keep on chewing gum for ten hours, but after about a minute and a half you've got all the good out of it.

In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.....A lot of habitually creative people have preparation rituals linked to the setting in which they choose to start their day. By putting themselves into that environment, they begin their creative day.

I read for growth, firmly believing that what you are today and what you will be in five years depends on two things: the people you meet and the books you read.

Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better.

when dancing is right, the movement possesss a logic common to us all, an inevitability that takes it beyond the personal and egocentric and makes of it classical art.

The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.