Television forces people to be larger than life. I would be too shy.

You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.

I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.

Development is where my heart is focused because eating is the only thing that we do that involves all the senses. We eat with our eyes and our ears and our noses.

I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault.

I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.

Take note of what's around you and maximise sensory pleasure.

If it doesn't taste good it doesn't go on the menu

At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos.

No, when I worked as an accountant I was falling asleep waiting for 5 o'clock.

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.

Man cannot become attached to higher aims and submit to a rule if he sees nothing above him to which he belongs. To free him from all social pressure is to abandon him to himself and demoralize him.

Children wear their natures like brightly-colored clothes

Helen likes Brussels sprouts. How can anyone trust her opinion?

Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.

I got poked in the left eye on the collision. My vision is blurry in that eye. I had to play. It was for coach, and because it was a district game.

What has happened by chance is often difficult to repeat when it is sought deliberately. Chance is a genius.

As an artist you are free to use any image, any style, any idea from any culture and any period of history.

If you're going to fail, you'd rather fail early than fail late in general.

How do you know they're growing up? Well, the bite marks are higher.

It's too distracting to read about yourself. You want to be perfect and you want everyone to love you, and that's never going to happen.