Scallops are expensive, so they should be treated with some class. But then, I suppose that every creature that gives his life for our table should be treated with class.

Most seafoods should be simply threatened with heat and then celebrated with joy.

The squid is so cooperative. Its body forms a tube that can be stuffed with marvelous fillings. You don't have to be Greek to enjoy this one.

How can people say they don't eat eggplant when God loves the color and the French love the name? I don't under'stand.

All kids draw some kind of cartoon characters. They just grow out of them, and I didn't

CONTROL MYSELF?!! I'm a MONSTER! Monsters don't control themselves! That's the whole IDEA!

Smiley Bone: You can't feel safe unless there's something to be safe against! Phoney Bone: Exactly! People like to be victims! There's a certain unassailable moral superiority about it.

Serve this dish with much too much wine for your guests, along with some cooked green vegetables and a huge salad. You will be famous in about half an hour.

Feasting is also closely related to memory. We eat certain things in a particular way in order to remember who we are. Why else would you eat grits in Madison, New Jersey?

I don't go for the nouvelle approach - serving a rabbit rump with coffee extract sauce and a slice of kiwi fruit.

The design process, at its best, integrates the aspirations of art, science, and culture.

Be courageous enough to forgive yourself

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

For her fifth wedding, the bride wore black and carried a scotch and soda.

It really kind of sucked to be close to someone for so long and then suddenly not be anything anymore.

Petals floating by, Drift through my woman's hand, As she remembers me.

I never kissed my father until he was on his death bed.

The miracle of enlightenment is that you take the self and let it dissolve in the white light of eternity.

The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.

I mean you're so shy & I'm lovin your tie You're like slicker than the guy with the thing on his eye

Whatever a woman's reason may say, her feelings tell her the truth.