"I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey."

"I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that's what I studied in college. That's what I always wanted to do."

"I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with people who have things they're excited about."

"I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom."

"First, there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament, but are clearly revealed, a charm felt in Japanese architecture."

"I want to go home at night and feel discomfort."

"I was a girl from Massapequa, New York. I grew up in Massapequa. I lived in a basement with one window."

"Whatever good things we build end up building us."