We are as near to heaven by sea as by land.

A very beautiful woman hardly ever leaves a clear-cut impression of features and shape in the memory: usually there remains only an aura of living colour.

Do not live in the future, only the present is real

I did whatever it takes to do stand-up. There is an abundance of material in struggling and poverty and trying to make it. There is so much humor in that, it's unlimited.

Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great artists.

God has given me a lot of ability to play the game of baseball.

I made a mistake and I'll work in the season to be better. It's part of life to be a man and don't try to hide something if it's broken.

Michael might have become a vampire, but watching him stand outside in the night air, breathing in his freedom Claire thought that was as human as it could get.

At the end of the day, it's, 'Can we contribute as a group?' There are things that are going to happen.

Wars are never fought for one reason," he said. "They are fought for dozens of reasons, in a muddle.

I wanted to write about what we were doing at the French Laundry, the recipes and the stories.