Cooking is one failure after another, and that's how you finally learn.

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.

What you're going to do is apologize to Lucian. My f**k partner, my lover, my protector. And my best friend. Right now."?

So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected.

I only know one way to pitch. I really do.

The bolder and more courageous you are, the more you will learn about yourself.

Paint what you like and die happy

Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.

Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.

No matter what, I find that surrendering is essential.

Things remain the same because it is impossible to change very much without changing most of everything.

Music is a bird's answer to the noise and heaviness of words. It puts the mind in a state of exhilarated speechlessness.