"The U.S. needs a strong techno brand like Awakenings, just pretty much pure techno."

“It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above paying anybody to do something stupid for money like reality television does - like ambushing people.”

“I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one.”

“It has become harder and harder in the United States to make films unhampered by outside influences. I've always been able to steer clear of that and keep the business people out of my hair completely.”

“Corporate conglomerates run without regulation do not work in the service of society, and run reckless and unchecked whenever possible.”

Source : "News Corp: a study in the failure of corporate self-regulation". www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2011.

“Perfect. Why was this so hard to find?”The other type of perfect is the type you never could have expected and then could never replicate.”

Source : B.J. Novak (2014). “One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories”, p.68, Vintage

“By the English common law, her husband was her lord and master. He had the custody of her person, and of her minor children. He could 'punish her with astick no bigger than his thumb,' and she could not complain against him.”

“Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought.”

“No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.”