I like finding talent. That's what really turns me on, I suppose.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

Push your limit to the absolute extreme.

He had an overwhelming urge to take possession of her lips, silencing any mention of another man’s name.

Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.

I was strong enough not to let them get the best of me, but I'm definitely one who has taken what people say to heart and let it eat away at me.

You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business.

The 'Barnaby' books were always intended to be graphic novels.

If Americans in 2100 came to see 12 meters sea-level rise as inevitable by 2200, who can even begin to fathom how the nation would respond?

If it wasn't for 2 Live Crew videos wouldn't look like they do and rappers wouldn't sound like they do.

Extraordinary beauty can be a curse to the one who possesses it. one pays a dear price for fame and fortune

I can't imagine falling in love with a devoutly religious person.

Evangelicals need to take a good look at what their issues are. Are they really being faithful to Jesus? Are they being faithful to the Bible?