Any job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again.

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.

This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.

The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in.

Success is measured by the memories you create.

It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving.

A cookbook must have recipes, but it shouldn't be a blueprint. It should be more inspirational; it should be a guide.

Respect for food is respect for life, for who we are and what we do.

For me, thats one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today.

You have to be driven. You have to be focused. You have to be aware.

And don't forget music - music in the kitchen is an essential ingredient!

Context is a chain of associations which stimulate creativity.

Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to endless night.

Dead folks can't hurt you none. It's the ones that are alive, you have to watch out for.

A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.

The hard reality is that the omelette has been made and you cannot get your egg back.

The delights of lust terminate in languishment and dejection; the object thou burnest for nauseates with satiety, and no sooner hadst thou possessed it, but thou wert weary of its presence.

From a scientific standpoint, Aspergers and autism are one syndrome. Aspergers is part of the autism spectrum, not a separate disorder.

Words empower us, move us beyond our suffering, and set us free.

We must protect the right of our opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say.

I'm one of those actors who likes to do it wrong nine ways before I come to the tenth way, which is the way I think it should be.