We go through our careers and things happen to us. Those experiences made me what I am.

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.

This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.

The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in.

Any job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again.

Success is measured by the memories you create.

It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving.

A cookbook must have recipes, but it shouldn't be a blueprint. It should be more inspirational; it should be a guide.

Respect for food is respect for life, for who we are and what we do.

For me, thats one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today.

You have to be driven. You have to be focused. You have to be aware.

I never really understood the word ‘loneliness’. As far as I was concerned, I was in an orgy with the sky and the ocean, and with nature.

When you are trying to do something very innovative and revolutionary, you must also open yourself to a lot of questions.

I'd put him in the spot where he got hit. It was my fault he got shot. A hundred kills? Two hundred? More? What did they mean if my brother was dead?

I love to nurture, I love to help people. I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor.

I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and believe that law-abiding Americans have the right to self-defense.

I did such a gigantic eye roll I almost fell over.

I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.

I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been given the gift of sight by people who decided to donate organs. I try to do as much organ-donor work as I can.

We all have wings, but it is up to each one of us to have the courage to fly

I will go down with my colours flying.