I don't micromanage the interiors. People ask me to and I say no. I don't want to control everything.

Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert.

Time is just a blur for me. I don't know what - I don't even know where I am sometimes.

People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same.

Your best work is your expression of yourself.

In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures.

If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.

You can look anywhere and find inspiration.

Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.

Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen.

You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future.

Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.

One opinion can make a fool out of a once wise person

When you are positive you are the enabling force of possibility.

It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not.

The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness.

When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive.

People will tell you that you cant do it, no matter what you are trying to do, so you just have to really keep at it.

You young men need to know that you can hardly achieve your highest potential without the influence of a good women, particularly you mother, and in a few years, a good wife.

Music is catharsis for me.

I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.