I always like to say that no matter what you want to do in life, if you stick with it, you're bound to eventually get good at it!

Store spices in a cool, dark place, not above your stove. Humidity, light and heat will cause herbs and spices to lose their flavor.

I think my family, especially having three teenage sons, keeps my cooking at home grounded and very approachable. I'm definitely not making spumas in my kitchen, that's for sure!

People who think they are free eventually end up slaves to their own desires, and those who give their freedom away to the only One you can trust with that freedom eventually get it back.

I don't want to be married to someone who feels inferior to my success or because I make more money than he does.

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing

We need to remember who the enemy is, and then we need to eat them alive.

The Notebook ... that’s my favorite one. I’ve read that book 30 times. It gives a true depiction of two people that are in love.

The wisest minds are those who refuse all the negative inevitabilities!

Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters.

There's something depressing about a young couple helplessly in love. Their state is so perfect, it must be doomed. They project such qualities on their lover that only disappointment can follow.

I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.