For months I've been working on creating techniques to reproduce Swarovski crystals in sugar using the real stones to guide me.

The most successful person is the one who is most inspired. That is true in food and in life.

I like crazy, childlike, candy bar-filled cakes with gooey caramel, chocolate-covered nuts, marshmallows, and the like.

Repetitiveness and discipline are the secrets of cake decorating. The art comes from the meticulous technique, the way it does for a dancer.

Your best creative assets do not occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration is fleeting. I walk to work for inspiration and to clear my mind.

I have a crusade against fondant, also shortening. There's no reason why wedding cakes can't taste good if you know what you're doing.

I don't follow trends. I make each cake for a particular wedding, or event.

Regrettably, people today don't watch many programs that actually teach people how to cook, so I agreed to do a competitive show that I think will provide inspiration.

After I quit dancing, I tried a lot of jobs. But I could always bake.

It may sound corny, but what's wrong with wanting to fight for your country. Why are people reluctant to use the word patriotism?

A good gulp of hot whisky at bedtime - it's not very scientific but it helps.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

The spirit of humility is sweeter than honey, and those who nourish themselves with this honey produce sweet fruit.

On the secret to a lasting marrige: One of you has to be sane, and the other one is only allowed to be insanne occasionally. We take turnes on who gets to be wich person

Each of us by our daily acts of peace and our commitment to building a better world can inspire others and help create a groundswell for peace too powerful to be turned aside.

Atheism is a very positive affirmation of man's ability to think for himself, to do for himself, to find answers to his own problems.

There's some pretty good academic research that suggest that what Americans don't like is losing.

He was making all kinds of sounds apparently with his mouth, and shaking his head and I thought, gosh, is he trying to stop the orchestra? Is it all wrong? It was just unbelievable.

I lived in Greece. I had a lot of party experience there.