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.

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.

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.

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

It's funny, in literature no one ever goes to the lavatory.

Are you, monsieur, a man of your word?" "It really depends upon the word," Magnus said. "There are so many wonderful words.

Just because you are an architect and make decent buildings does not mean that you can suddenly become a set designer for one of the best avant-garde dancers in the world.

Offer me that deathless death Good God, let me give you my life.

Sometimes you have to say, 'Today's just not my day.

I really don't like take-out.

At some point you may get fired, but don't worry you will learn from it

Attack in all directions!

If there's a man on second, I'm trying to get him in with a base hit. The doubles and homers will come. Sooner or later they'll go out naturally. I'm just trying not to do too much.

It's annoying to be disapproved of by people who know only half the story, especially when you're not sure which half they know.