True resilience comes from preparing for multiple futures, not just predicting one.

Light is the most important material in architecture.

The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

I don't think about age. I think about spirit. I think about how I feel inside.

The only real poetry is the poetry of the soul.

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.