The only thing that will make a souffle fall is if it knows you're afraid of it.

The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it… If you’re convinced that cooking is drudgery, you’re never going to be good at it, and you might as well warm up something frozen.

If I had to narrow my choice of meats down to one for the rest of my life, I am quite certain that meat would be pork.

Too many simple green salads suffer from a lack of imagination.

When you cook, you never stop learning. That's the fascination of it all.

I don't like gourmet cooking or 'this' cooking or 'that' cooking. I like good cooking.

Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.

There is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked with high flavor. It is true thrift to use the best ingredients available and to waste nothing.

The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it.

Too few people understand a really good sandwich.

A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.

Life itself is a frightening image for every human being.... being strong in life isn't easy.

One of the trends we're seeing in food and agriculture is more and more consumers wanting to know things about their food and where and how it's grown and what's in it.

Memory's vices are also its virtues, elements of a bridge across time that allows us to link the mind with the world.

So when you start touring, women are definitely going to check you out first.

The judicial branch has, in its finest hours, stood firmly on the side of individuals against those who would trample their rights.

I'm able to really enjoy the wonderful things happening to me and that's a great blessing.

One of the greatest motivating factors is the pat on the back, although with some individuals, you have to make the pat a little lower or a little harder.

You never lose a dream, it just incubates as a hobby.

I directed three films and each time [I act] I hope it's the last time so I have time to do my film [directing].

Winning can be addictive