In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.

In creative endeavors luck is a skill.

You double your intensity with skill.

That's what improvising is like for me. There's no tollbooth between my impulse and my action.

I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.

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

Men and women are very different athletes, and frankly, I didn't want to deal with the male potential.