I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view.

It sounds really over the top to say you're responsible for the city of New York, but I do feel responsibility to the city of New York, to this country, to people everywhere. So many people were affected by the events of September 11, and I feel this is one of the ways that that event will be understood and defined.

I believe that people are fundamentally are decent. And, yes, you will have people that sometimes will misbehave.

New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York.

There are bound to be differences in any artistic collaboration with landscape elements, or theater, of lighting elements.

I think my desire to imagine a future for this site came out of trying to come to terms with the emotions that day aroused.

I built a series of supporters that had my back. I never abused that trust. You can't cry wolf. You have to solve most problems yourself.