Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That's what appealed to me.

Noodles are not only amusing but delicious.

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

A party without cake is really just a meeting.

You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.

People who love to eat are always the best people.

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

Nothing irritates me so as the flatness of people’s imagination.

You'd be surprised how many childhoods each of us has.

If we live good lives the times are also good. As we are such are the times.

Don’t wait for the opportunity; Create it.

I want to work for myself, and I do work for myself. I make plenty of money working for myself.

Sometimes you have to avoid mentioning things because people's feelings are tender.

I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor.

It is apparent that nothing short of contraceptives can put an end to the horrors of abortion and infanticide.

How could anyone survive even a single day, if he didn't feel as if he was, in some little great way, needed?

The whole idea of equal justice under law is completely incompatible with the idea of judges deciding cases according to "empathy".