I always worked in institutions, I never had a restaurant of my own before, but I have opened over 30 hotels, restaurants and casinos. I understand what it takes to keep them running.

Every meal should end with something sweet. Maybe it's jelly on toast at breakfast, or a small piece of chocolate at dinner - but it always helps my brain bring a close to the meal.

Food is culture, and we need to listen to it.

The sharing of food is like breaking bread, it's very symbolic.

The military taught me discipline, how to problem solve, teamwork and loyalty, a perfect parallel to the kitchen. If we could take that and bottle it, it would be a amazing thing.

America was built on immigrants, and what they bring 'to the table.'

I travel 330 days a year and eat every two and a half hours - I'm a big guy. I always carry a fork, little bottles of spices, and Sriracha. I eat what I feel like eating.

When I'm on the road, I'll break my exercise into a cardio session and a weights session.

Food should be fun, but it should also be functional.

The children don't choose to be in the business, but the harming and long-term effects through arguments, divorce and conflicts over the financial issues in a business are huge.

I love working out. It's my release. I've done it since I've been in the military.

The beauty of shadow comes from the beauty of light!

Only through delayed gratification could you be able to come up with other virtues, character, trait that will really qualify you to call yourself a human being.

High heels are a short (theist) woman's (subconscious) way of telling God to go to hell … in public.

Happiness is egotistical.

Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand.

Who's happy these days?

I'll tell you how to beat the gambling in Las Vegas. When you get off the airplane, walk right into the propeller.

Different genres allow me to not feel so hemmed in by my own voice, tics, style.

The process of producing a project is one long string of delight and anxiety, but I think the real thrill of animation would have to be drawing the pictures.