To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.

your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.

Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.

No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.

Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever

I, a product of the New Frontier and Great Society, honestly believed that the world pretty much owed me a living--all I had to do was wait around in order to live better than my parents.

So I didn't have time to craft artful lies and evasions even if I'd wanted to.

He doesn't yearn for a better, different life than the one he has - because he knows he's got a home in this one.

Van Gogh couldn't have painted the stars in your eyes.

Inner beauty lasts longer than the more obvious seductions, so throw away the miniskirt and thigh-length boots.

I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.

There is a graveyard in my poor heart - dark, heaped-up graves, from which no flowers spring.

Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.

To begin with, I don't have any stage fright

No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.

Now I am master of Shanghai.

The hazards of the generalized prisoner's dilemma are removed by the match between the right and the good.

If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make a living as a musician through live work and odd bits of royalties.