I have always thought that L.A. is a motor city that developed linear downtowns.

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.

People die. Love endures.

Whether idyllic or defective, relationships are the fabric of life.

We stand the risk of failure, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks.

True freedom lies in the realization and calm acceptance of the fact that there may very well be no perfect answer.

You can't believe any picture nowadays, if it's digital. You can't really believe. If you see me shaking hands with Mr. [Barack] Obama, it doesn't mean I ever met him, does it?

We have so much access to video and audio recording equipment that it's kind of the new pen and paper.

I will read anything rather than work.

If you knew me yesterday, please do not think that it is the same person that you are meeting today.

Singing is actually something that I practice almost every day and definitely at the top of my inspirational list.

Thus does the unyielding, inescapable future ineluctably devour the present.