But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and go after it.

Be nice to everyone, always smile & appreciate things because it could all be gone tomorrow.

I want to get married and have children and live happily ever after. That's important to me.

I don't have to hide or be somebody I'm not. I don't have to compromise. I can just be myself.

I think if you show up and you work hard and you're straightforward, you can always create your own opportunities. I hope I'm right.

Life is too short to be serious

If people are taking pictures of me at Starbucks, it's not the end of the world. It's cool, it's fun, it's exciting.

Just be you...'cause that's good enough for me!

I've got the rest of my life to be a grown-up. And for now, it's OK to be young.

I'm lucky on so many counts - I'm lucky to be alive.

The show must go on all over the place or something.

I set down a beautiful chord on paper—and suddenly it rusts.

Dont expect your enemies to ever love you, or even like you, only respect you

If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you'll never perform at the level of a 10. You'll perform as a 5 or lower. People are ever able to outperform their self-image.

It's not so much about form versus functionality. Rather, it's about doing both and doing them a lot and doing them well-and that's how we should be talking about architecture.

Unlike the past decades, the present moment is lacking in architectural discourse.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.

I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life.

Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.

Victory is the beautiful, bright-colored flower. Transport is the stem without which it could never have blossomed.

A naive dream is extremely powerful.