I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.

People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan.

I miss being fawned over by restaurateurs and chefs.

I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.

I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work.

Everyone said to me growing up, "You're like an American. You have to go to America. That's your spiritual home."

My life's ambition is to play a James Bond villain. I have the cat and the eye-patch, so I'm just waiting for the call. For some reason, though, the phone hasn't rung.

I've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment.

I don't envy young Brits crossing the Atlantic to make their fortunes today.

Top Chef is a very smooth-running machine. All the people working there are incredibly professional and absolutely at the top of their game.

There's no reason why you can't deliver a grammar-school curriculum to an all-ability intake.

And she did what nobody thought of doing... she consulted Anne.

The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.

For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.

My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.

The investor knows quite well that we don't have anymore the widespread terrorism here in Peru.

I did that thing where you scratch your eyebrow and flip someone off at the same time. I'm good at multitasking like that.

Any decent person who knows what warfare is can never go into battle with a whole heart.

It takes time to be a good father. It takes effort - trying, failing, and trying again.

Success goes to those who dare to dream. And sometimes you have to take a little "scary action," as well. - Joe Vitale True success is always the last of a string of failed attempts to get it right.