I wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well.

Noodles are not only amusing but delicious.

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

A party without cake is really just a meeting.

You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.

People who love to eat are always the best people.

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

Feel free to kiss it better.

Laughter from yesterday that makes the heart giggle today brightens the perspective for tomorrow.

Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other.

All knowledge is valuable to a librarian.

I have never had problems sleeping the night before a race.

Acting, I found, was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

Forcing victims of sexual harassment into secret arbitration proceedings is wrong because it means that nobody ever finds out what really happened.

Ceaseless work, analysis, reflection, writing much, endless self-correction, that is my secret.

The best part of work is always working with people and getting to know them and having the sense that you're not actually working.

To the question: How do the authors of sketches, stories and novels get along in life, the following answer can or must be given: They are stragglers and they are down at heel.