My daughter always behaved in restaurants. And if she didn't, she's going out. I mean, one of the parents is going to take her outside. Immediately.

Don't dunk your nigiri in the soy sauce. Don't mix your wasabi in the soy sauce. If the rice is good, complement your sushi chef on the rice.

your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.

I don't like to see animals in pain. That was very uncomfortable to me. I don't like factory farming. I'm not an advocate for the meat industry.

The journey is part of the experience - an expression of the seriousness of one's intent. One doesn't take the A train to Mecca.

Doing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with the artist, you get to see it fleshed out.

I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective.

Anyone who doesn't have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me.

Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.

Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.

I'd learned something... Food had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me... and others. This was valuable information.

Men still think women will like who they are, not realizing: it's what they can do for a woman that sets the man apart.

Focusing on you target will enable you to achieve more in your life than any ordinary person can ever do

Prayer cannot be a substitution for action.

The reason for my starting a diary is that I have no real friend.

Good taste ruins certain true spiritual values: such as taste itself.

There are two types of producing deals, and I've had both. I've produced over 20 movies now. You are either watching in horror, as the cars take the curve in the grand prix, or you're enjoying it.

Being in business is not about making money. It is a way to become who you are.

I drink at least five bottles of water a day and always get eight hours of sleep.

If somebody can do something 80 percent as good as you think you would have done it yourself, then you've got to let it go.

Any child can be developed, it depends on how you do it