Sometimes I think there are devils at work in the kitchen - recipes that are always perfect sometimes come out less than perfect and I can't figure out why.

Cooking and baking are pleasures and I want everyone to be able to experience and share them.

Real French people don't bake! At least they don't bake anything complicated, finicky, tricky or unreliable.

I don't know if there's a method that I'd like to see younger people bring back, I just want to see everyone of every age in the kitchen.

The food world is more crowded these days, but I think that there are more opportunities.

Do the work you are most proud of

I often say that eggs and sugar should be beaten until they thicken and pale and sometimes, when there are lots of yolks, that's lemon colored.

When I'm developing a recipe with brown butter - I know how much butter I want in the end and I so I start with more butter than I'll need.

Anything you make in a 'normal' sized loaf pan can be made in the longer pan - you just have to increase the recipe proportionately.

You can use melted butter instead of oil, but your cake may be a little denser.

My lips still quiver when I think about her smile.

I tried each thing, only some were immortal and free.

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.

Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

Gosh. The subjunctive is always the first to go.

The best actors, I think, have a childlike quality. They have a sort of an ability to lose themselves. There's still some silliness.

I became an animal painter because I loved to move among animals. I would study an animal and draw it in the position it took, and when it changed to another position I would draw that.

They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence.

For me, my favorite scenes, when I'm in my comfort zone, are the fighting scenes Those are my favorite to do, so I'd love to have more of those.