The most poisonous source in any kitchen is a chef's ego.

Success is born out of arrogance, but greatness comes from humility.

Mother Nature is the true artist and our job as cooks is to allow her to shine.

Once you accept you are being judged by people who have less knowledge than yourself, then what's it worth?

Gastronomy is the greatest form of therapy that anyone can be exposed to.

If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.

Strategy will compensate the talent. The talent will never compensate the strategy.

At the end of the day it's just food, isn't it? Just food.

I can't imagine anything worse than trying to impress a girl with dinner. To be honest, I'm always impressing myself, not other people.

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.

Don't dress for others, dress for yourself. Clothes should be an extension of what you represent and what you feel inside.

The benefits often outweigh the suffering. Never concentrate on the pain, focus on the reward.

One second she’s all timid, and then reeoowr! Hellcat.

How can I know who's PM or in government in Sweden? It's been 40 years since I moved abroad! Oh!

Don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.

Everything on the radio is metaphorical in a bad way. But when I write a lyric, like "bang my box," that's pretty clear.

I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned

I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do.

The Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy.

Companies that start by redesigning the economics of an industry often finish by redesigning the whole industry-and owning it.

The third always speaks the unspeakable words.