We live in an almost perfect stillness and work with incredible urgency.

Nobody should be anything, but because I once had a different profession and I'm interested in writing, I took it upon me.

In the end, there will be little else for us to do but shop.

Manhattan is an accumulation of possible disasters that never happen.

We say we want to create beauty, identity, quality, singularity. And yet, maybe in truth these cities that we have are desired. Maybe their very characterlessness provides the best context for living.

Architects work in two ways. One is to respond precisely to a client's needs or demands. Another is to look at what the client asks and reinterpret it.

Influence is a very unpleasant subject and I deal with it in a maybe irresponsible way, which is to really ignore it. It would be a nightmare if we started to really think about it; it would tie our hands, it would tie everyone elses hands.