At my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard.

Desserts are like mistresses. They are bad for you. So if you are having one, you might as well have two.

Techniques are not the most difficult to teach. The attitudes chefs take are much more important.

Tasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake.

Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life's negative moments.

The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.

Everywhere in the world there are tensions - economic, political, religious. So we need chocolate.

Nowadays, food needs to be healthy, local, sustainable and not filled with too much fat, salt or sugar. It should be slow-cooked and seasonal. That's my vision.

The planets resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.

A man obsessed: obsessed with perfection, sharing, aesthetics, taste, savoir-faire, and much more.

I have a very modern way of thinking; the chef is there to lead the team and not just to sit behind the piano.

What am I supposed to call you?""Your Royal Husbandness. It's required by law, I'm afraid.

Take responsibility for your own happiness, do not expect people or things to bring you happiness, or you could be disappointed.

The reason why you don´t have success is, because you don´t understand the difference between wasting and spending time.

I was used to heat but this place was so dry the trees were bribing the dogs.

Hey guys! Wish you were here, except not really. We're having fun. Check it out-the pyramids! -Alec and Magnus

In Britain, any degree of success is met with envy and resentment.

Extreme distress, which unites the virtue of a free people, imbitters the factions of a declining monarchy.

Little by little, even with other cares, the slowly but surely working poison of the garden-mania begins to stir in my long-sluggish veins.

Since we humans have the better brain, isn't it our responsibility to protect our fellow creatures from, oddly enough, ourselves?

I just think about what I am doing on my side of the net, which requires focus. Even after all the years I've been playing, I still get butterflies before each match.