I'm a huge fan of burgers, and they're not my wife's favorite, so we don't cook them at home.

My family came from Ecuador.

Don't be afraid to adapt new ingredients into your own techniques, and traditional ingredients into new recipes.

As long as you remember what you love and why you love it, it will never be far from your heart - or your plate.

I think that a lot of us at home are iron chefs in their own right in that we have to come up with meals real quickly.

I studied cooking in Spain after college.

From the time I was 8 until now, I've been working. My Social Security is looking solid.

Chicago is a lot of my background as a chef.

I spent several years cooking on a line.

Being Ecuadorian is, I don't want to say it's tough but it's... something special to me.

Well, you know, for me, I think Spanish food is festive.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Soul is just that inner spirit. I use that inner spirit for whatever it is I do.

Reality is everywhere, and to find It 'you' must first disappear.

Once it was necessary that the people should multiply and be fruitful if the race was to survive. But now to preserve the race it is necessary that people hold back the power of propagation.

And of Kanye's [West]? I have to say [I love] his heart. And I've always loved his legs.

Oh! Your hand is cold." Ashley cupped her fingers against her shirt to warm them. "I've been dead for seven years," Noah said. "That's as warm as they get.

She could smell the pages. She could almost taste the words as they stacked up around her.

You know, it was a small, independent movie and with Paramount becoming involved, it was obviously a good thing, but you can't put a round peg in a square hole.

The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.

Know that however difficult experiences may be, they are part of the truth you seek.