I'd like to make a show with Keith Richards.

I'm very proud of the Rome episode of 'No Reservations' because it violated all the conventional wisdom about making television. You're never, ever supposed to do a food or travel show in black and white.

Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of 'medicine.' That's something you might remind your New Age friends who've gone gaga over 'holistic medicine' and 'alternative Chinese cures.

When you have a child you're no longer the star of the movie.

Always entertain the possibility that something, no matter how squiggly and scary looking, might just be good.

I've seen zero evidence of any nation on Earth other than Mexico even remotely having the slightest clue what Mexican food is about or even come close to reproducing it. It is perhaps the most misunderstood country and cuisine on Earth.

In that sense, what a great way to live, if you could always do things that interest you, and do them with people who interest you.