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

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

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.

Traveling light gives me a way to set down what would otherwise be the baggage of someone else' decision to cling to a well-worn path.

Heaven is a warm cat and a good book.

The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.

A Nation's character is typified by its dancers.

Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others.

One of the greatest joys in life is watching a child laugh

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

A jury could very well conclude that this is a case of buyer's remorse.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.

I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.