If a person doesn't change, there's something really wrong with him.
Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out
I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it. '
There is an energy within. . . pure strength. . . the energy of the person which is put in different forms, in different shapes. . . once we discover that energy I think that such a thing as dance becomes such a delight because you're moving on a stream that is you but it is even over and beyond you.
I always believed that if you set out to be successful, then you already were.
When you have faith in something, it’s your reason to be alive and to fight for it.
So many dancers paint. I used to paint. I started again recently. While I was dancing, I was very busy with my career. Start something else that makes use of your creative ability because if you don't you will die inside as a person.
My kids are just waiting for me at home. I'm their father. They're wondering, 'When's Daddy coming home?'
We knew exactly what we wanted in each other. And even so, it ended. One day it stopped, as if the film simply slipped off the reel.
I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years.
I was in Venice teaching, so I reread Henry James's "The Wings of the Dove. " I love James.