“Jumps and turns aren't hard; artistry is. To create a whole new world for the audience, that's the fantasy of ballet.”

“How can we not create a fantasy in our minds when the reality is so hard?”

“We don’t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay.”

“The problem with telling people that they can do anything they want to do is that it is objectively, factually inaccurate. Otherwise the whole world would just be ballet dancers and pop stars.”

“I'm steel-toed boots in a ballet-slipper world.”

“It feels like the whole world has turned upside down. There aren't any more rules.

Hey,' I say to Sam, because if the world's gone crazy, then I guess I can do whatever I want. "Guess what? I'm a worker.”

“The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.”

“You… are… a… fridge… with wings,' Fang ground out, punching an Eraser hard with every word. 'We're… freaking… ballet… dancers.”

“Hell is a fallacy, and heaven is a fantasy created by man.”

“In a few wretched buildings, we created a whole new industry with international significance.”