Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.

Limits are a secret blessing, and bounty can be a curse.

As people who have commitments and obligations, we try to blockade emotions and go on our course towards excellence, and that's a lie. I've definitely paid a price. Everything is an exchange.

The way I enjoyed spending time most was dancing. That's from the time I was a very small child, When I was 4 or 5 years old, I remember already having a regime. It was the way I always identified myself.

Without the little ideas, there are no big ideas.

It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.