O Allah! Pardon my sins. Yes, I come.
The content could be done anyplace, but the real invention is the architecture. The architecture is the only work that really defines a new way of doing things. I think this point is fundamental.
The only way to do something in depth is to work hard. The moment you start being in love with what you're doing, and thinking it's beautiful or rich, then you're in danger.
I hate the idea that you shouldn't wear something just because you're a certain age.
Everybody knows that I don't have a muse. I'm not interested in that.
With women, the more unhappy they are, the more undressed they are.
My idea is always to avoid nostalgia.
I remember when the Berlin Wall fell and suddenly intractable problems get solved.
We don't know what causes climate change.
I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didn't read it until I was in my late 20s.
I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.