Only Texans and Jews understand brisket

When dealing with complex transportation issues, the best thing to do is pull up with a cold beer and let somebody else figure it out.

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.

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.

I'm definitely looking forward to the day when I stop working - if I ever stop working. I like the idea of keeling over in my tomato vines in Sardinia or northern Italy.

Regret is something you’ve got to just live with, you can’t drink it away. You can’t run away from it. You can’t trick yourself out of it. You’ve just got to own it.

There is no other place on earth even remotely like New Orleans. Don't even try to compare it to anywhere else.