'Shkoff' is to eat. 'Shkiaff' is to slap. Like, 'Gettouttahere I'm gonna give you a couple of shkiaffs, ' or, 'Forget presentation, just shkiaff the food onto the plate.'

Exercising with a trainer makes my quality of life go through the roof.

You don’t have to look far to taste some of the best food the world has to offer. I’d pit my grandmother against a 3-star Michelin chef any day.

I eat mostly vegetarian. I love meat, but I think it should be enjoyed on occasion - like cheesecake or blackouts.

Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.

First and foremost, you've got to make yourself happy. Essentially being who you are is the most important thing. When you're after truth, happiness always comes.

Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to do it with granite counter tops and duck a l'orange.

I believe that anyone can cook a great meal. Basically all you need to do is get your hands on some fresh ingredients and not be afraid to make a mess in the kitchen.

I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.

You don't just turn on a camera and do a cooking show. If you want to go somewhere with something, you've got to make it look like what it's supposed to look like five years from now.

Julia Child wasn't afraid to have fun. She made fantastic food but knew how to have a good time and not be too stuck up about the kitchen space.

It is not the mountain that is our problem but the absence of knowledge on how to deal withthe mountain.

When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.

If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.

You can't change yesterdays, but you can change tomorrows.

People who can't be alone have a problem. Loneliness is a luxury for people like me.

Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding.

Fame has a special burden, which I might as well state here and now. I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. But what goes with it can be a burden

An anarchist is like an undercover agent who plays the game of Reason in order to undercut the authority of Reason (Truth, Honesty, Justice and so on).

His (Minho) voice is so low that I think the sound comes from the soles of his feet.

Nobody is gonna love you like you.