I'm prickly. I fuss over every single detail.

I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean.

Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.

Slicing a warm slab of bacon is a lot like giving a ferret a shave. No matter how careful you are, somebody's going to get hurt.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success in that milieu, so to speak, is because I spent a lot of years directing, I spent a lot of years behind the camera

Laughing brains are more absorbent.

Cooking is an observation-based process that you can't do if you're so completely focused on a recipe.

So on one hand, honey is an amazingly sophisticated and efficient food source. On the other hand, it's bee backwash.

I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.

A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

You are only Half Happy unless you love them both equally: Friday & Monday!

Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.

Never run more than 3 hours straight in training, whether your marathon best is 2:42 or 4:24.

We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part.

I used to pretend that I was just passing through this family on my way to my real one.

The story of Love is the story of Love of Self.

REAL fellowship is being as committed to each other as we are to Jesus Christ.

Home is where you feel at home. I'm still looking.

Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school.