The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

Noodles are not only amusing but delicious.

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

A party without cake is really just a meeting.

You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.

People who love to eat are always the best people.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.

Save time, worry about everything all at once!

Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.

I'm back to doing everything I used to, loving life as ever.

By 'expecting nothing' you are not 'giving up.' Far from it! You are making a decision to focus on what needs to be done rather than on outcomes.

In these sad and ominous days of mad fortune chasing, every patriotic, thoughtful citizen, whether he fishes or not, should lament that we have not among our countrymen more fishermen.

My grandfather is great. He's a great grandfather.

One doesn't wish to see those to whom one owes so much.

Young Juiceman, he a flamer!

We need to redefine "smart" when talking about things Obama does, 'cause in my world he doesn't do smart things. He doesn't do intelligent things or wise things. He's doing destructive things.

Some of us do not accept the Establishment myth that bad laws must be obeyed.