I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from failing.

Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.

I couldnt really relate to the fraternity or party scene, to the people out in the mall every day protesting one thing or another. I felt like there was no one I could relate to.

I never considered Miles Davis a perfectionist; I always considered him as an excellence-ist, where deviation is actually kind of cool.

Always make stock in a large quantity and freeze it in plastic bags. That way, when you want to make a nice soup or boil veggies, you can simply pull the bag out of the freezer.

I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from failing.

My parents couldnt be looser. It was the ultimate laissez faire upbringing.