Nothing fills the world quite as poetry does. A poet need not dwell on the pagecount of his life.

The trouble with a baby, for writists, is that they take away your useful melancholy, even the energy to invent some.

I haven't written in a week. It's like holding your breath under water. You feel an awful constriction and then the instinct to propel yourself.

Like a father with his daughter, the writist plays peek-a-boo with the world. His aim is to evoke that sweet smile, the one that says "i remember you. I am glad you are here again".

To write what you think is to think what you write. Leave those of hollow to their dust. They are but sorry things.

For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well.

To me it was fascinating, the idea of going to university and studying a subject - architecture - that I had already faced in building some small houses.

Great architecture of the past was always clear. SFMOMA is still a simple building to understand.

Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man.

Buildings in modern cities have lost their metaphoric aspect. Much contemporary architecture is very fragmented and busy on the outside. It's like a skin or a skull, but you don't know what's inside.

A museum is a spiritual place. People lower their voices when they get close to art.

A man enjoys the happiness he feels, and a woman the happiness she gives.

Do not allow outer chaos disturb your inner tranquility, serenity, and peace.

Stuff is not enough.

Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.

The secrecy that shrouded the vote counting by the special election committee cast doubts on the results and lacks transparency.

The old aphorisms are basically sound. First impressions are lasting.

Too much to ask for may leave me feeling lonely. Too little leaves me nothing.

The world is truly round and seems to start and end with those we love.

To have an opportunity to make a movie like Cabin Fever, you have to get stuff thrown on you or you have to fall into a pit of water. It brings you that much closer to your mindset as a character.

There's a real danger when people get distracted by peripheral issues. They get distracted by democracy building. They get distracted about military conflicts. We need to focus on defeating jihadism.