Another person tattooed my face on their calf. When they tense, the face moves! That is messed up.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

Push your limit to the absolute extreme.

Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.

Although a lot can be learned from adversity most of the same lessons can be learned through laughter and joy.

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine, and petty frustration.

This marketization of personal information is a big mistake.

I've always wanted two lives - one for the movies, one for myself.

We gather perfect fruit from perfect trees.

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

We possess nothing in the world - a mere chance can strip us of everything - except the power to say 'I.

Wizard's Tenth Rule Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self.