I like to drink young wines, wines which are robust and have a lot of forward fruit to them.

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.

Creative minds don't follow rules, they follow will.

When that light within begins to dim, fan the flame just enough to spark something!

For all of nature's wonder and beauty, it is also hostile and unpredictable.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.

There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary.

When it comes to stop-and-frisk, you know, Hillary Clinton is talking about takes guns away.Well, I'm talking about taking guns away from gangs and people that use them.

Hawke's gaze was so innocent, Andrew knew it was pure bullshit

Humanity needs to weep, and this is the time to weep.

I put priority on such artists who focus on the world of "oblivion" and who consider placing themselves into the world of "oblivion" as fundamental to their attitude for their expression.