Anyone can make a good roast chicken.

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.

Beside every great writer is a great listener.

As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake.

It is one thing to see your road, another to cut it.

In every religion, you find the same extremists.

The most important thing is to keep your team as small as possible.

I think Jennifer Saunders would be great in 'Doctor Who.'

Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just is sustainable and what is unjust is not.

ALWAYS PRACTICE the Art of Peace in a vibrant and joyful manner.

Sport is something that does not matter, but is performed as if it did. In that contradiction lies its beauty

So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police.