I drank more wine when I wasn't working as much, to be honest.

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.

You can grow like a tall tree, when you enjoy the sun, wind, rain, storms and the stars in the dark nights.

The past could be jettisoned . . . but seeds got carried.

Those with a perpetual victim mindset tend to create the situations from which they suffer.

A man of forty-five can consider himself still young till the moment comes when he realises that he has children old enough to fall in love.

For me, I've always believed that there was a God. I've always believed that God created the heavens and earth - so, for me it's not a huge leap from there to intelligent design.

In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.

But I wouldn't recommend writing. You can be a successful writer and never meet another soul. I'm not sure that's a good thing.

I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.

If you want to get lost in the jungle rhythm, get down on the ground and pretend you're swimming.

Even worthwhile endeavors need evaluation in order to determine if they have become distractions from the best goals.