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.

I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination.

I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts.

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

To fly, we must have resistance.

You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down.

Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.