A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.

Success is born out of arrogance, but greatness comes from humility.

Mother Nature is the true artist and our job as cooks is to allow her to shine.

Once you accept you are being judged by people who have less knowledge than yourself, then what's it worth?

Gastronomy is the greatest form of therapy that anyone can be exposed to.

If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.

Strategy will compensate the talent. The talent will never compensate the strategy.

At the end of the day it's just food, isn't it? Just food.

I can't imagine anything worse than trying to impress a girl with dinner. To be honest, I'm always impressing myself, not other people.

Don't dress for others, dress for yourself. Clothes should be an extension of what you represent and what you feel inside.

Eating is one of the most important aspects of living. I like indulging. I like to eat one food at a time, to savor each individual thing.

If she was going to die, Marla didn't want to know about it.

For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.

I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things.

Keep going don't worry about results. If you love it why does it matter?

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

The thoughts he put in her head. Someone should’ve arrested him for it.

Obama took a bad situation and, in certain ways, made it worse. ... I find Obama scary in a way that I had not done in 2008.

Make few acquaintances.

Devise a simple strategy so you can sleep at night.

Education is not a privilege, it is a right!