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.

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.

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.

Writing is the supreme solace.

The self-actualization process for a man is a conscious choice of a life goal and the way to achieve it

When you give your weakness permission to be because you understand that it is simply an expression of your strength, it tends to no longer be a weakness.

Scientists say that somewhere in the universe, every event under the sun repeats itself an infinite number of times in every possible variation.

Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument

I don't think about going back to the theater.

I mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands.

It's not ok when around 1 million New Zealanders don't vote.

Nature Boy, whats that? Do you run around the forest like Euell Gibbons, eating bark or something?

Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images.