The Australian backyard was once built for tradesmen and outdoor toilets. As suburbs spread, it became a playground and source of pride.

Backyards are as Australian as the Hills Hoists they host, and as individual as those who work and play in them. Whether haven, pantry or playground, they all tell a story.

The sight, sound or even smell of a first love seems to burrow deep into the brain.

Books. People have no idea how beautiful books are. How they taste on your fingers. How bright everything is when you light it with words.

A smile is a language of love which everyone can understand.

You've just got to give yourself time - that's good advice I think. Give yourself time to figure out what you're good at and what you're not good at.

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

I find it ironic that people who are against things that cause sexual thoughts are generally fundamentalist Christians who also believe you should be fruitful and multiply.

You have heard of, and studied various systems of philosophy; but real philosophy is opposed to all systems.

It's incredible how much cinema can do. We forget.

Perhaps the only institution more puffed-up and self-important than academia is government.

You can't shrink your way to greatness!

We find as our interdependence increases that, on the whole, we do better when other people do better as well.