Just ask the local people for the best food. Don't rely on a guidebook.

I'm not making art, I'm making sushi

Ramen is a dish that's very high in calories and sodium. One way to make it slightly healthier is to leave the soup and just eat the noodles.

Cook more often. Don't study; just cook.

I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is.

New York is my, you know, second hometown.

Japanese chefs believe our soul goes into our knives once we start using them. You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!

A lot of people think Japanese food is difficult, a lot of work. But you don't have to buy the knife I have. You don't have to train as long as I have. You can do my cooking in your kitchen.

No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way.

A kitchen without a knife is not a kitchen.

I buy soy sauce and flavor it five different ways: with sake, mirin, sugar, kombu and bonito flakes. I use them on lots of dishes at home.

Talk to yourself like a cherished friend. Treat yourself with love and care. You are perfect, just as you are.

He doesn't need to be reminded you're great.

The child's naive dream of life is the only one worth having.

The nerve which controls the pen winds itself about every fibre of our being, threads the heart, pierces the liver.

Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

I definitely can feel the third or fourth feminist wave in the air, so maybe this is a good time to open that Pandora’s box a little bit and air it out.

A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

I never enjoyed being famous.

Food is the supremest of pleasures.

Update your truth! There is no soul; there is only mind and body! Update your truth or the truth will update you! The truth and the science are the greatest updaters!