Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms.

Noodles are not only amusing but delicious.

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

A party without cake is really just a meeting.

You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.

People who love to eat are always the best people.

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

Have you children, Mr Brandstetter?" He shook his head. "I was one once. Does it help?

One must also have faith to grow flowers...

I don't like painting flowers in my music. I like painting guts and pain.

The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.

Al Qaeda has declared war on the Somali pirates. That is awesome! Evil against evil. Like Alien versus Predator or Cheney versus his lawyer.

I tend to keep my private life private. I think it's important to have mystique. It's important to keep people thinking and guessing, and you want everyone to think you're singing to them.

Love is reality, fear is an illusory concept created in your mind.

Be ready at all times for the gifts of God, and always for new ones.

I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.

No woman is a heroine to her dentist.