In an ideal world, pressure should come from below and from the top.

When you were a kid, if you went to the Montreal Forum or a hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens, which I did, there was a great feeling. The new stadiums don't have it. Why don't they have it? Building codes.

There's a drive in us to express ourselves in some way or form. We pick up whatever material is available. It's primitive. Kids see sand on the beach, build something and show their parents: "Look what I did, Mama." It's necessary to us.

My buildings are all on budget.

Each project, I suffer like I'm starting over again in life. There's a lot of healthy insecurity that fuels this stuff.

A new idea is obsolete in seconds, right? I just said it and now it's obsolete.

Generally people are more impressed with the services and the comfort issues than the design.