If people think you are this amazing, own it.

Contemporary ramen is totally different than what most Americans think ramen should be. Ramen is not one thing; there are many, many different types.

We're hoping to succeed; we're okay with failure. We just don't want to land in between.

Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.

Rage or fear... It oscillates. Rage I need to motivate me to try things that I can't ordinarily do - as I'm a lazy man. Fear - to keep pushing harder so we don't lose what we've accomplished.

Lifes too short to just breeze on by.

Cooking and gardening involve so many disciplines: math, chemistry, reading, history.

To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You can get a Michelin star if you serve the best hamburger in the world.

I find that there are a lot of similarities between French and Japanese food. I think they're two countries that have really systemized their cuisine and codified it.

I constantly think I'm a fraud, that this success is not warranted or justified.

The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out. There's so much more competition. You can do an event every week and not cook at all.

Do the right thing every single day and you never have to worry about your job or your pay.

My thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman.

No one bill will cure the problem of spam. It will take a combined effort of legislation, litigation, enforcement, customer education, and technology solutions.

You live your comedic life close to the edge, you're gonna cross the line and offend people.

During my school visits, I really enjoy the feedback I get from them much more than anything I might tell say to them.

I am all for changing, even if mistakes are made in the process. Mistakes do not matter.

My wife doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I don't have a good time.

If you recognize anyone, it does not mean that you like him.We all, for instance, recognize the honourable Member for Ebbw Vale.

Acting is one of these things that I can't really describe - it's just like, why do you love your mum and dad? You know, you just do.

What people who don't create don't understand, is that once you take money from the machine, the machine [movie industry] owns you.