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.

It was quite a challenge to make people eat crab ice cream.

My confidence was of the hothouse variety, carefully cultivated under highly regulated conditions. One wrong look, one mean comment, and my facade would wither.

...without knowing why, he yielded to the temptation of those lips and flung onto them, eating them, partaking of their sacrament... Eucharist of love with a red host!

The wrong answer is the right answer to a different question.

I am having a good time doing nothing.

I've pushed myself to push toward things that disturb me. I've developed a habit of recording these things because these things often disappear.

I wanted to be a rock star.

I shall not tell your husband and you shall not tell my wife." Tell them what?" That you and I were outwitted by a ropma." That would be shamful." Girl, we could never live it down.

I'm a mum, so my wardrobe consists of sweaters and jeans. As long as I don't leave the house forgetting my jeans, I count that as a fashion success.

If I were a maker of books I should compile a register, with comments, of different deaths. He who should teach people to die, would teach them to live.

To take advantage of unexpected opportunities, we must leave ourselves available.