I keep my heart and my soul and my spirit open to miracles.

You can't be pregnant in leotards, and this is the last chance for us to get our bodies into the shape of concert dancers and capture it with the magic of film.

What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.

Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.

If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I've tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself.

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse.

When you dance, things just go away, things don't seem so bad.

There's no better way to take care of health than through something as joyous and beautiful as dance.

I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light.

Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.

Why would you take a drug that is guaranteed to kill you in forty years? One reason, right? It's the only thing that will stop you dying tomorrow.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Whoever is my relative, I will not be nice to them.

When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long.

You get a different kick out of all aspects of filmmaking.

In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!

What I try to do is to keep emotion on a tight leash; otherwise, it can never be transubstantiated into poetry.

I should not have loved my daughter as I did. Not in this world in which nothing lives for long. You children are flies. You are roses. You multiply and die.

The more you worry about being applauded by others and making money, the less you'll focus on doing the great work that will generate applause. And make you money.