It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.

Even the ears must dance.

You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.

A real ballerina must fill her space with her own personality.

The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should not seem to touch the ground.

To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.

It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.

I recently learn a new word: insatiable. That's me.

It is the body, subject to the harmony of the steps it is executing, which speaks. And it speaks to the heart in as direct a language as does music.

Dance involves physicality, it involves spirituality and even brains.

Life and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves.

It's important to listen to the words of the enemy if you're in war.

The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.

One of the enemies of creativity and innovation, especially in relation to our own development, is common sense.

I had an iPhone and a Droid and both of them were miserable pieces of equipment.

If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid.

Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.

I am not a master-class director. I am not a teacher. I am a coach. I dont have a methodology. Each actor is different. And on the film set, you have to be next to them all.

I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you.

The thing about movies is if somebody has an idea that works, it's in, and I say that as a screenwriter as well as a director.