Most architects work in ­studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and ­historical ­research were irrelevant.

The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it.

A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. It's got to work on many levels.

You don't restore 'The Last Supper' by filling in the missing bits - you preserve. You accept the material that has somehow survived.

I suppose I'm trying to build an architecture that's as timeless as possible, although we're all creatures of our age.

I may not be the most interesting architect, but I'm still out there and have maintained some position of integrity.

I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical?

Britain gets the architecture it deserves. We don’t value architecture, we don’t take it seriously, we don’t want to pay for it and the architect isn’t trusted.

If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational.

Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap.

It is difficult to separate oneself from one's design moralities.

I can’t cure anyone. I can’t guarantee they will heal. I can only tell them my story, remind them that they are not alone in their journey and offer a glimmer of hope for healing.

If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.

Enlightenment means waking up to what you truly are and then being that.

Nevada has a very dynamic economy, with gambling being the number-one industry, followed closely by blood donorship.

As soon as you choose to fight with violence you're choosing to fight against your opponents best weapons and you have to be smarter than that.

The strange thing about writing is that it's so easy to write a novel. It is really easy. But it's getting there to the point where it's easy that's hard. The hard part is to get there.

Seafood makes you live 10 years more.

Let man be true and every god a liar.

I tell the stories in the way that feels natural to tell them.

My dad spent his whole life getting into fights for telling what he believed to be the truth. Basically it comes from my dad-and he's screaming right-wing, so there you are.