The house is a factory.

I love to be surprised or challenged or told that I know less than I thought that I knew. I know it's an old saw, but the older I get the less I know I know.

You have what I can afford to give. You are a panhandler, begging for anything, and I am the man walking briskly by, tossing a quarter or so into your paper cup. I can afford to give you this. This does not break me.

There is no faith like the faith of a builder of homes in coastal Louisiana

Humans are divided between those who can still look through the eyes of youth and those who cannot.

I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness.

I'm an amateur science enthusiast. I'm not even a professional enthusiast. I don't know anything; I never even passed biology in high school. But I read the science section of the newspaper.