The level of jealousy and insecurity in this industry [restaurant] is far greater than ever before.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

Push your limit to the absolute extreme.

Gratitude leads to wellness.

All Ghosts Are Gray

All the quips in the world couldn’t prevent Oscar Wilde from becoming a lovesick fool.

NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.

My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.

Everyone just wants to feel good, and I don't think that all music is designed to make you feel good.

It came to me late, as an adult, the desire to draw and participate in the world of lines.

Despite my lovely diction I am going to die.

One of the things I learned was that Putin has no respect for the United States leadership. Not for the United States, but the leadership.

The mind, as you age, Is an artist, it seems. Monet paints your mem’ries, Picasso your dreams.