I'd never done anything useful as far as my writing.

I need the anesthetic qualities of the local fire water.

I'm away 250 days a year. It's a tough situation.

There are people with otherwise chaotic and disorganized lives, a certain type of person that's always found a home in the restaurant business in much the same way that a lot of people find a home in the military.

The roots of creativity of cooking are hungry people trying to figure out how to take something that's not particularly fresh or tender and transform it into it something delicious that everyone will love.

The journey is part of the experience - an expression of the seriousness of one's intent. One doesn't take the A train to Mecca.

I think we should increase the minimum wage and I think $15 is a good beginning.