To fly, we must have resistance.

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.

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

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don't pry into other people's business.

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.

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.