Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.

Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.

No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.

If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion

You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.

Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.

If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.

Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and you’ll find out how big a prize you’ve won.

The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.

Marriage is not a Current Account but a Savings Account, you got to be Patient enough

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.

My ambition is to enjoy my life and to do exactly what I want to do. And I'll do that. I will be free.

There's pearl of the orient seas but it happens to be also a pearl of orient corruptions.

The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.

Republican Michigan Congressman Justin Amash said, no president is allowed to burn the first amendment.

President Obama and Vladimir Putin are both in China attending the same economic summit. Obama saw Putin and said, 'After those midterms, it's nice to finally see a friendly face.'

I knew how to influence the people, but it's really just one vote. But the party is being handled in a very good way .

I wish you wusses would stop whining about your unhappiness. I'm really fed up with it. Pour yourself a scotch and pull yourself together. Go out and shoot something!