Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

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’m all about making money. It’s the greatest thing, because it means you get money to spend.

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

I wasnt using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education.

If you want the meaning of families and life and religion and philosophy rolled into one package, all you need to read is The Brothers Karamazov.

You have to be critical of what you do every day, to analyze it and be willing to push it further.