When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more really, really good food than perhaps I'd like to. So many of my friends are really good chefs. It's kind of like being in the Mafia.
Anthony BourdainI'm not looking to freak people out - eating rodents or bugs. I don't do that anymore.
Anthony BourdainWe learn as professionals by repetition, by getting it wrong, getting yelled at and doing it again.
Anthony BourdainI don't think people should be encouraged to look like Kate Moss; I think that's unreasonable. I think the normal human body should be glorified. By the same token, if you need a stick to wash yourself, you're not healthy.
Anthony Bourdain