Success requires enough optimism to provide hope and enough pessimism to prevent complacency.

My number one goal was to always have to opportunity to have an international business of some sort, opening in Paris, opening in Tokyo, opening in Singapore for example, that was always my dream, and so it came about.

Satisfaction isn't so much getting what you want as wanting what you have.

There is an objective reality out there, but we view it through the spectacles of our beliefs, attitudes, and values.

Group interaction tends to amplify people's initial inclinations

My travels and everything that I do where travel has inspired and influenced not only the cooking that I do but also the restaurants that I create.

For those passionately in love, the whole world seems to smile.