I hate okra and grated mountain yam for the same reason. They're both slimy.

I think steak is the ultimate comfort food, and if you're going out for one, that isn't the time to scrimp on calories or quality.

A steak needs fat to taste great.

Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key.

I call all chefs cooks. They're all cooks. That's what we do, we cook. You're a chef when you're running a kitchen.

Every chef should have an understanding of pastries or desserts.

I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with a pot.

I think the most effective way to run a kitchen is to teach, not to just yell.

In an ideal world for me, school lunch would be free for everybody.

Once you have your basics down, you can start breaking the rules.

One of the first jobs I ever had was opening clams in a seafood restaurant, so I'm pretty quick at it.

If you are the reflection of light, then how can you fear darkness?

The particles that are the very building blocks of all things, are in all possible locations until observation/measurement causes them to choose a specific position.

Despite what Washington thinks or does on this 15th anniversary, we the people will never forget those who perished and the lessons learned on Sept. 11, 2001.

I am 32 flavors and then some.

I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. [...] That opposition hasn't changed.

Making art in America is about saving one's soul.

There are some things you only learn through experience.

Somewhere at the heart of the universe sounds the true mystic note: Me.

I believe God promotes you when you graduate from the level that you're on.

I like to see Quentin (Roosevelt) practicing baseball. It gives me hope that one of my boys will not take after his father in this respect, and will prove able to play the national game.