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My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.'

There is almost nothing in your house that does not tell something about you.

Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.

Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.

Although I've made notes for things and even written synopses sitting in trains or on park benches, for the complete composition of things I need absolute solitude, preferably an empty house.

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.

Growing up, I lived in a house without art: no picture books on the shelves, no visits to museums, no posters on the bedroom wall.

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

My environment is important to me. I'd rather give up other things in my life - I might not take vacations or spend a lot of money on clothes - so that I can live in a home I feel really good about.