Phil Klay

There's a very particular way that the military speaks. There's a lot of profanity and a lot of acronyms.

I was studying with Peter Carey, Colum McCann; but also, my fellow students were really critical readers for me.

'Redeployment' is a military term. It means to transfer a unit from one area to another.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.

Architecture is a living thing. If I want to leave something to the future, it has to be able to change - but retain something of the ethos that we built up over 50 years.