I can only see it going one way, that's my way. How it's actually going to go I can't really say.

Some fictions become fixtures in the real city. Their stories are so powerful that they leap off the page on to the streets, irreversibly altering the place where they were set.

Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.

No architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.

I suppose I'm interested in sorrow, which is very different from depression or despair. Sorrow is continuous with the world; it allows for creativity.

It is my biggest fear, something happening to a child, your child, is unfathomable.

[Motherhood] is an incredibly huge challenge. You need support. You need resources. You need access to childcare and good safe schools.

I play into the perception of me, but it's not really me.

The problem is when you get forced to use ideas that aren't good. When I can filter the ideas and use the best of them, I am happy to collaborate.

True success lies in knowing your weaknesses and playing to your strengths

Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.