I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place.

Never worry that rote exercises aimed at developing skills will suffocate creativity. At the same time, it's important to recognize that demonstrating great technique is not the same as being creative.

The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing.

There are so few people who can really take hold of art and sort of eat and chew it up. Somehow it's got to be held special, sacred in a corner, and if you don't do the same thing with it, if you're not equally reverential, serious, and pompous about it, well, then you're not a great artist. Who needs that?

When it all comes together, a creative life has the nourishing power we normally associate with food, love and faith.

Failing, and learning from it, is necessary. Unil you've done it, you're missing an important piece of your creative arsenal.

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