It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving.

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.

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.

And don't forget music - music in the kitchen is an essential ingredient!

The art of making True promises within ones ownself is termed as Will (Sankalp)... for beginners (like me) it is a tough learning and for siddhas

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

For intellect is a mansion where waste is without drain.

My parents lived likeas the neighbours described thema pair of chopsticks, always in harmony.

If you tame me, it would be as if the sun came to shine on my life.

I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men.

I'm not the perfect bride after all.

The usefulness of any meeting is inversely proportional to the size of the group.

I'm going to be a better actor, or I'm going to try to be a better actor. I'm going to try to be a better musician. I'm going to be an artist instead of just this one thing.