I hope that when people see my body of work, they will say, 'That brother dropped it for real on us, even at the expense of his own image.'
Designing a house is like doing a movie: Once you're done, you want to say, 'I hope you all enjoy it.'
Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.
They say that people teach what they need to learn. By adopting the role of happiness teacher, if only for myself, I was trying to find the method to conquer my particular faults and limitations.
There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game.
I've always been really dark, and drawn to darker humor. Nothing has been forced, and I don't say anything for shock value.
A continuing narrative throughout Australia's history that says it is better to build up than to tear down - this is the continuing mission of Labor.
My feeling is that it's a misreading of history to say that, as the Reagan supporters do, that Reagan won the Cold War.
There are people who will appreciate what I've done, and there will be people who will criticize me. Ultimately history will have the final say.
Entertainment today constantly emphasises the message that things are wonderful the way they are. But there is another kind of cinema, which says that change is possible and necessary and it's up to you.
I grew up where my parents would literally shove me in the car rather than have to say hello to a neighbor.
I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out.
I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.
My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were second-class citizens and shouldn't be trusted.
My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.
People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say - and they want you to hear it.
No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
If any reader has lost a loved one or is afraid of death, modern physics says: 'Be comforted, you and they shall live again.'
The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
The industry's changed so much that you can't just design something, put on a great show, and say, 'Okay, my job is done.'
You can almost say that a design error is a human error because, after all, it's we humans who do the designing.
