When I'm on television, I think that I appeal to the everyday guy, 'cause that's who I am. The guys who go to the football games on the weekends are my viewers, for sure.

I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual.

Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.

A grill is just a source of heat. Just like a stove, it is very user-friendly.

Cooking is a subject you can never know enough about. There is always something new to discover.

I'd love to visit Thailand just for the street food and the energy of a city like Bangkok.

I love using gas grills because they are easier to heat and it's much easier to control the flames with a gas grill than with a charcoal fire. Grilling is not just about lighting a fire.

Take risks and you'll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed.

Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved.

I probably use my chef's knives more than any other tool in the kitchen. I'm not married to a particular brand, because they all work, they all have sharp blades.

I can't be on the cheeseburger diet all the time.

I just gave them a little scare. A touch of psychological terror. As Joseph Conrad once wrote, true terror is the kind that men feel towards their imagination. (from Super-frog Saves Tokyo)

A punk concert isn't fun without a pit.

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.

Happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love.

Heaven is a beautiful place to be, full of beautiful people having a beautiful time!

They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.

What if you had faith and performed good works, what if you died and went to heaven, and what if all the people you met there were people you didn't like?

I wish it grew on trees, but it takes hard work to make money.

Knowledge gives power. In practice it is very simple. To control yourself, know yourself.