It wasn't about mechanics; it was about a feeling, wanting to give someone something, which in turn was really gratifying. That really resonated for me.

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.

Magic is an honor, until it's a shackle.

People shout when they don't have the vocabulary to whisper.

I say this as a big sister in the faith hoping someone might learn an easier way. Arrogance does not bode well. It attracts the rod of God.

The old culture had come out of poverty, out of English customs.

All descriptions of matter are descriptions of modes of human perception within consciousness.

I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.

I am crazy but I found a way to steer it into ways I think are very productive.

You have to work hard AND well. There are a lot of people who work hard but not well.

Few men are wantonly wicked.

The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.