There's always risk. But I'm going to come in and play hard. I want to come in and contribute.

The American people want economic prosperity, high-quality goods and low prices, all of which I support.

The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying.

I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with.

Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist.

The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.

You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition.

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish. I was one of those crazy creatures.

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.