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

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.

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.

There's no bigger pain anywhere in the world than a vegetarian.

Quite half of the human race was in tears.

Everything that isn't permitted by The Law is forbidden.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

What you sees, is what you gets.

There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating.

I look crazy. I know I do. Been true since I was a kid!

Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own.

I am not as bad as people would suggest. Not as good as I would like to be.

Each person has his or her own very particular history and after all, the unconscious is the most secret part of ourselves.

Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.