Even if the chef has a good business head, his focus should be behind kitchen doors. A business partner should take care of everything in front of the kitchen doors.

I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual.

Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.

A grill is just a source of heat. Just like a stove, it is very user-friendly.

Cooking is a subject you can never know enough about. There is always something new to discover.

I'd love to visit Thailand just for the street food and the energy of a city like Bangkok.

I love using gas grills because they are easier to heat and it's much easier to control the flames with a gas grill than with a charcoal fire. Grilling is not just about lighting a fire.

Take risks and you'll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed.

Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved.

I probably use my chef's knives more than any other tool in the kitchen. I'm not married to a particular brand, because they all work, they all have sharp blades.

I can't be on the cheeseburger diet all the time.

Like a necktie or a bouquet of flowers, an idea was best if one did not fuss with it too much

If you really want to do, be or have anything, then first destroy your greatest enemy 'doubt’. The manifestation of your desire is directly proportional to how much you believe.

Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else's view or a mere book.

I lost many a role to actresses who couldnt do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.

Paul [Walker]’s kindness was pure. He never asked for credit of glory. He was just a really good guy.

I think of myself as an enormously lucky person.

Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing.

The Nanjing games are homework by Garry Kasparov and me, [...] Today's game was provided by Garry.

Oh, Lord, it is not the sins I have committed that I regret, but those which I have had no opportunity to commit

Tell me your heroes and I'll tell you how your life will end up