I’m always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are really happy with the images they got.

My tastes in what I eat at home would be very familiar to most people who cook for families. I just organize those things a little bit differently.

They're professionals at this in Russia, so no matter how many Jell-O shots or Jager shooters you might have downed at college mixers, no matter how good a drinker you might think you are, don't forget that the Russians - any Russian - can drink you under the table.

I make friends faster and easier than journalists.

I'm at my most productive before I even have my first cup of coffee. I only get slower and stupider as the day progresses.

Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom...is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go. -Anthony Bourdain

Luck is not a business model.