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

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

I repeat the wake-up, the workout, the quick shower, the breakfast of three hard-boiled egg whites and a cup of coffee, the hour to make my morning calls and deal with correspondence, the two hours of stretching and working out ideas by myself in the studio ... That's my day, every day. A dancer's life is all about repetition.

To embrace luck, you have to enhance your tolerance for ambiguity.

Whether or not God has kissed your brow, you still have to work. Without learning and preparation, you won't know how to harness the power of that kiss.

I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.

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