"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."

We try to make buildings that respond to the environment, not dominate it.

I believe in love at first sight because I'm a musician. I believe in love before I even see her.

All art is immoral.

如果你不创新，你就是在落后。

I am just another dot in the universe.

我们拥有的最有价值的资源不是石油或天然气，而是人类的聪明才智。

One often calms one's grief by recounting it.