I think that you’ve got to make something that pleases you and hope that other people feel the same way.

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.

Dear Mom, I won't be home this weekend because I'm wanted for treason and I have to clear my name. Also, I took the last Sprite from the fridge.Love, Steve

Richness is not in wealth or earning capability, but it is in your perception.

Yes! I'm also a big fan of the movie '10 Things I Hate About You,' which was also based on Shakespeare.

I live and breathe and do four times as much four times as fast as anyone else.

The conversion of a savage to Christianity is the conversion of Christianity to savagery.

I can't stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they're not happy with the choices they've made.

You have the Republican establishment that is moving into Hillary's [Clinton] camp. What's happening in this election is sort of proof of principle.

It's different being afraid when there's the hope it will amount to something.

Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.

People who care nothing about money probably exist or we wouldn't hear so much about them. But I've never encountered one in the flesh.