I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.

The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us.

I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.

If you want to show a picture, just show it - don't spend too much time arranging it.

Architecture is definitely a political act.

The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.

I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'

The best clients in the world are the people who cause you to struggle.

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.

I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.

Let today be the day you learn the grace of letting go and the power of moving on.

We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it.

I think a lot of people are married to people that they're not romantic with anymore. I just didn't ever marry anybody that I then had to get divorced from. We break up. We move on.

For Karen Holmes (in From Here to Eternity), I studied voice for three months to get rid of my English accent. I changed my hair to blonde. I knew I could be sexy if I had to.

I guess gritty is the word that you said. But it has a different tone. We're not flying around in different universes - it's a bit more earthy.

Don't let negativity affect your vision. People say harsh things, but don't let them affect you.

The loneliness of writing is that you baffle your friends and change the lives of strangers.

I don't stay anywhere. I visit. I observe. I leave. I don't ever stay.

The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind.

Do your best and forget the consequences.