I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant.

Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert.

Time is just a blur for me. I don't know what - I don't even know where I am sometimes.

People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same.

Your best work is your expression of yourself.

In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures.

If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.

You can look anywhere and find inspiration.

Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.

Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen.

You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future.

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Be a sinner and sin boldly,  but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

When you're growing up in a small town You know you'll grow down in a small town There is only one good use for a small town You hate it and you know you'll have to leave.

Pretensions to moral superiority are devastatingly destructive.

Mom is the most unconditionally loving person I will ever know, and she has always supported me on every level.

Okay, so. You, Belikov, the Alchemist, Sonya Karp, Victor Dashkov, and Robert Doru are all hanging out in West Virginia together.” “No,” I said. “No?” “We’re, uh, not in West Virginia.

The End is the Beginning is the End

When had my fear of broken plates gotten so grandiose? My desire for extravagant moments so small?

I ate like a horse when I was younger, and not very sensibly, though no one ever believes that.