A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. It's got to work on many levels.

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it.

Architecture has curled up in a ball and it's about itself. It has found itself either as a freakshow, where you're not sure if it's good or bad but at least it's interesting, or at the behest of forces of commerce.

It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

There's so many levels. You can rise on the day to win a national event or a world title but the level you need to rise to win an Olympics Games is another one altogether.