Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons?

I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.

I didn't want food that looked unapproachable or ridiculously beautiful.

I could do nothing but Brooklyn shows for the rest of my career, and I could die ignorant.

[George] Orwell's essays. It's got it all. Great writing, a worldview that I find interesting and useful, and most of it timelessly true.

Cooking is work that is traditionally done by working-class people. The work itself is not glamorous. It's repetitive, and it's a lot closer to factory work than art, whatever level you're doing it at. Certainly chefs are used to living like rock 'n' rollers to some extent, inasmuch as we get a lot of those fringe benefits without having to learn how to play guitar.

I feel that if Jacques Pepin shows you how to make an omelet, the matter is pretty much settled. That's God talking.