I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with.

It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public.

I'm as much interested in the form-making as well as getting you to think about what we're doing to the world around us.

Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist.

Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think.

I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with.

It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it.