The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

Every decision we make today echoes in the waters of tomorrow.

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."

A building should be like a tree—it grows and changes with the seasons.

"The novel is the great democratic art form. It's the one place where you can be anyone, do anything, and say anything."