You cannot live with guilt.

The best clients in the world are the people who cause you to struggle.

I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.

My wife has her stuff and her taste, and I have my stuff and my taste.

I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor.

I would never live in anything I design. Life and art are different. My life is very precious to me - my art is precious to me. I love designing things for other people, but I don't like designing things for myself.

I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.