One of the problems with writing a cookbook is that recipes exist in the moment.

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.

Failure in and of itself is not a bad thing. But failing to learn from it is inexcusable.

So, yes, I lied, And, believe me, I am so sorry. But I was so in love with you and I didn't know what to do about it and I didn't want to give you any reason not fall in love with me back

One day a week I seek to rest from earthly toil and sorrow.Revitalized, I find the strength to battle new tomorrows.

There are consequences to ignoring consequences that are a consequence of my blatant unwillingness to learn from my consequences.

You don't get older, you get better.

I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas." "You haven't heard all our ideas." Luke & Bhindi Drayson

I'll always be attached to telly in one way or another, whether it's a character or producer or director, I just love the medium.

Novelists never have to footnote.

If the Devil's in yer pants make cheese with him.

When you fly from temptation, don't leave a forwarding address. Where there's smoke there's fire.