In America, writers are afforded the freedom to express themselves in unlimited manners. Creative liberty is a privilege.

The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth.

I learned in architecture that you have to have a real plan. You have to have a client, they have to have distribution, start-up money, and have a vision of where it's going to go. All this has to be settled before you start, or else your work is just a story.

I've always believed that what can make a domestic setting truly home is the infusion of a cultural dimension.

My favorite is the garlic press. I think it's beautiful as an object. But the awkward part of it all is that I don't use it much because I'm allergic to garlic.

I know that's not something that people like to do - identify a favorite. But I do.

The design of the building addresses the public nature of both the urban context and the internal program. In order to reinforce the building's associative or mimetic qualities, the facades are organized in a classical three-part division of base, middle or body, and attic or head.