My favorite wines are Zinfandels.

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.

This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.

The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in.

Any job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again.

Success is measured by the memories you create.

It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving.

A cookbook must have recipes, but it shouldn't be a blueprint. It should be more inspirational; it should be a guide.

Respect for food is respect for life, for who we are and what we do.

For me, thats one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today.

You have to be driven. You have to be focused. You have to be aware.

Whatsoever thing you believe strongly, it will be turned into truth within your mind.

Officers came and went and were never a part of daily life.

The facts of science always imply a theoretical, which means a symbolic, element.

I love linen in soothing colors for any room in the house.

The Warrior does not worry that, to others, his behavior might seem quite mad.

There is this thing about time that you can't see at the time you're at.

The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day.

If you don’t aim for the best prospects, you’re likely to do business with any prospect.

Oh, the secret life of man and woman--dreaming how much better we would be than we are if we were somebody else or even ourselves, and feeling that our estate has been unexploited to its fullest.