I only have the restaurant. If I do other things, it's only to do with the restaurant.

Chefs have a new opportunity - and perhaps even an obligation - to inform the public about what is good to eat, and why.

Scandinavian-Danish cuisine was something quite rustic, mostly known for pastries and smorgasbord cuisine, which in itself has become a joke.

My last meal on Earth, I would love it to be a bowl of blueberries with cold cream.

People will travel anywhere for good food - it's crazy.

Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.

There is no conflict between a better meal and a better world.

If you see someone in the kitchen that has good hands and a quick brain, then you need that person to be in the front of everything.

Learning about issues such as sustainability and locavorism are things that you need to have as part of you as a chef because it will make you cook more delicious food.

Close interaction with farmers and scientists can expose the chef to new flavours that can be used to delight diners.

When you get close to the raw materials and taste them at the moment they let go of the soil, you learn to respect them.

High living can lead to low feelings

I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.

When you're old-fashioned like I am, you know marriage is forever. Those vows are a promise.

Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination.

Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don't sum up a man's life in one moment.

Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an IQ of 60.

There can be no perfect Europe in which Ireland is denied even the least of its national rights.

I'll be the light in the window.

When you go onto the internet, if you really rummage around randomly then how do you hope to find something of any of value?

Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard