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I will not do work that isn't done well or right. Stuff happens - things break, contractors don't come through - but I don't want to be responsible for not doing something correctly.

I try to block a couple of hours of unscheduled time every day so that I can work on the day's most important projects.

After two weeks of working on a project, you know whether it will work or not.

I try to keep the number of projects I'm involved in down to one per year.

Certain projects find you at the right time.

Often I feel that projects overwhelm us when we look at how many hours are involved until completion. But just getting started is usually not that difficult.

I think a construction project for me is like writing a novel. I can't do the project unless I can envision sort of the whole structure and see what the end result might be.

On a regular basis if you're trying to produce something, I think you should work every day and set achievable goals.

You have to find your projects and track them as they go along that long process of being made.

Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.