I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly.

Skill is how you close the gap between what you can see in your mind's eye and what you can produce; the more skill you have, the more sophisticated and accomplished your ideas can be. With absolute skill comes absolute confidence.

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

I walk into a large white room. It's a dance studio in midtown Manhattan. The room is clean, virtually spotless if you don’t count the thousands of skid marks and footprints left there by dancers rehearsing. Other than the mirrors, the boom box, the skid marks, and me, the room is empty.

In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.

A young person has to start making decisions for themselves at a much earlier age than an overbearing parent allows one.

I always, somehow, knew that I was going to dance.