I Think It's Really Important To Give

Confidence Is The Mark Of A Hopeful Disposition.

Self-esteem Does Not Come From Surrounding Yourself With People And Things That Seem To Increase Your Value. Real Self-esteem Is An Integration Of An Inner-value With Things In The World Around You.

We Who Are In The Arts Are At The Risk Of Being In A Popularity Contest Rather Than A Profession. If That Fact Causes You Despair . . . Pick Another Profession. Your Desire To Communicate Must Be Bigger Than Your Relationship With The Chaotic And Unfair Realities . . . We Have To Create Our Own Standards Of Discipline.

The Individuals Inside Are Frequently Fighting That Their Individual Voices Be Heard, While The Walls Of The Place, Which Are The Mask, And The Perception, Are Reluctant To Give Over To The Voices Of The Individuals. Those In The Margins Are Always Trying To Get To The Center, And Those At The Center, Frequently In The Name Of Tradition, Are Trying To Keep The Margins At A Distance. Part Of The Identity Of A Place Is The Tension Between Those In The Margins, And Those In The Center, And They All Live Behind The Walls Which Wear The Tradition.

In My Profession, I'm Around A Lot Of People Whose Bodies Are Their Instruments In One Way Or Another.