You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.

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

I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender stereotypes.

I'm often asked, 'Where do you get your ideas?' ...It's like asking, 'Where do you find air to breathe?' Ideas are all around you.

Living had little use for me other than how it could be funneled into dance.

Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it.

I do everything I know how in a dance.