If I had the choice to travel to two places in Europe, it would be Paris and London.

Desserts are like mistresses. They are bad for you. So if you are having one, you might as well have two.

Techniques are not the most difficult to teach. The attitudes chefs take are much more important.

Tasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake.

Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life's negative moments.

The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.

Everywhere in the world there are tensions - economic, political, religious. So we need chocolate.

Nowadays, food needs to be healthy, local, sustainable and not filled with too much fat, salt or sugar. It should be slow-cooked and seasonal. That's my vision.

The planets resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.

A man obsessed: obsessed with perfection, sharing, aesthetics, taste, savoir-faire, and much more.

I have a very modern way of thinking; the chef is there to lead the team and not just to sit behind the piano.

The moment in time is unrepeatable.

Most rich people have a gangster in their ancestry somewhere.

No clock is more regular than the belly.

The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream.

I can only write one novel at a time. The author of the Perry Mason novels, Erle Stanley Gardner, often worked on four novels simultaneously, and produced a million words a year. I'm envious.

Whatever is the object of a saint's hope is the subject of his prayer.

Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.

Science should be taught not in order to support religion and not in order to destroy religion. Science should be taught simply ignoring religion.

What a friend we have in a tree, the tree is the symbol of hope, self improvement and what people can do for themselves.

Henry James was one of the nicest old ladies I ever met.