I just think that we show an awful lot of deference to chefs in our culture and maybe not enough deference to customers.

I don't think I've ever met nachos that I didn't like before. It's almost inconceivable that nachos can be bad. It makes no sense.

I find that the dead-end route is to try to describe what's going on in your mouth.

These devices only became very popular after all of this technology was hidden behind a red button that did it all

If you keep all those thoughts inside, your brain will explode.

On the still calm waters of surrender, the reflections of clarity appear.

I'm Paige," I whispered. He was serious, for once. "Are you the first page, or the last?" I didn't answer, not right then.

Knowledge has organizing power inherit in it. It is simply enough to know.

I don't like being 50 and I don't like thinking about death.

The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.

Quality control starts and ends with training.

I miss New York. I still love how people talk to you on the street - just assault you and tell you what they think of your jacket.

Dreams are the guardians of sleep and not its disturbers.