And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city

Well, I think one doesn't really have to invent this memorial space, because it is already there. And it is speaking with a voice and, you know, 4 million of us came to see the site.

And, yes, I love the process of building.

Larry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn't, and won't. He's been holding back our fees. We want to get paid. And that's it. It'll get solved and we'll carry on with planning Ground Zero.

You cannot suddenly make Lower Manhattan into a sad place because we saw such a dramatic loss of life. You have to balance the memory, which is so important, and use it as a kind of Archimedean Point to create a lively, incredibly interesting, and culturally significant piece of a city and neighborhood.

Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future.

I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.