I guess the main source of stress for me is the stress I put on myself.

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.

This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.

The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in.

Any job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again.

Success is measured by the memories you create.

It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving.

A cookbook must have recipes, but it shouldn't be a blueprint. It should be more inspirational; it should be a guide.

Respect for food is respect for life, for who we are and what we do.

For me, thats one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today.

You have to be driven. You have to be focused. You have to be aware.

Why escape your intended purpose by copying and trying to be someone else? You will discover who you were meant to be only after you have shown confidence being yourself.

There is a cruelty that lurks in some men’s souls which is only released when they have other men in their power.

You can die from kitsch. And we're close to it.

Look on the happy side, think of the good things. Hadn't it been clever? Yes, it had.

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.

Throughout his life the memory of that happy day stayed locked secretly in (his) heart.

Remakes are a difficult thing 'cause some people feel very protective of the original.

Human beings are not so in harmony with the dharma. That is why they suffer so much. But you as an individual can reach a plane of attention and can become attention itself.

No one grows up thinking they want to be a ghostwriter. No one plans on that job.

The instability of our tastes is the occasion of the irregularity of our lives.