In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans.

I have a lot of cooking tools. In fact I have a whole drawer full of knives. Cooking tools, especially cutlery, are my toys.

Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.

People who don't travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what's in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live.

Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united.

So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out.

You can do almost anything with soup stock, it's like a strong foundation. When you have the right foundation, everything tastes good.

Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.

If I could only have one type of food with me, I would bring soy sauce. The reason being that if I have soy sauce, I can flavor a lot of things.

I live a very low-key life.

I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.

I sing about life. I am happy, but life is sad.

Your confidence is your greatest self.

Love me for who I am.

Lord Chi Wen thought three times before taking any action. When the Master heard this, he said: Twice is plenty enough.

Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it but you don't want to see it again.

Creativity is born of chaos, even if it is somewhat difficult to glimpse the possibilities in the midst of the confusion.

Well Getaway was a script that was submitted to us for production and I read it and thought it would be a cool movie to make.

Well, I was going to school in Germany. And in my free time I was dancing.

At the Throne of Glory it is not the nobly-born that are beloved, but the nobly-risen.

There were days I asked for it-prayed for it when I went to sleep. The belief that I would see you again, that I could find you-the hope for it-was the only thing that kept me going.