I'm of a generation that romanticizes and maybe even over-romanticized things that were painful, that hurt others. I feel that. But I don't know if I have any regrets.

Don't dunk your nigiri in the soy sauce. Don't mix your wasabi in the soy sauce. If the rice is good, complement your sushi chef on the rice.

your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.

I don't like to see animals in pain. That was very uncomfortable to me. I don't like factory farming. I'm not an advocate for the meat industry.

The journey is part of the experience - an expression of the seriousness of one's intent. One doesn't take the A train to Mecca.

Doing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with the artist, you get to see it fleshed out.

I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective.

Anyone who doesn't have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me.

Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.

Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.

I'd learned something... Food had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me... and others. This was valuable information.

He won’t stop the war until you give him the peace prize.

A person begins to live a moral life when they cease asking what life will provide them and begins to determine what he or she expects from oneself.

If it weren't for problems, life would be perfect and boring.

I want to be a cool mom.

The pressure gets worse the older you get. The hole starts to look the size of a Bayer aspirin.

But what really happened? The answer is simple: the lovers survive and flourish.

When his lips return to mine, it's not just about lust or desire - it's about making us whole.

Babies, babies, babies. Why did God make so many babies? But no, God didn't make them. Stupid people made them.

We sometimes find truth, but more often it finds us.

Rich people buy luxuries last, while the poor and middle class tend to buy luxuries first.