First of all, for me the secret is in the ingredients. You don't need to start spending fortunes on organic foods and start becoming way over budget. The better the ingredient, the littler that needs doing to it.

I cook, I create, I'm incredibly excited by what I do, I've still got a lot to achieve.

If you think customers are impatient in New York, wait to you see how impatient they are here in L.A.

The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.

You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary.

Another person tattooed my face on their calf. When they tense, the face moves! That is messed up.

That's the problem. Anyone can go and buy a restaurant. I want to be at that f - ing dinner party where they say, "Hey, Bill, your food's great. You should buy yourself a restaurant." That's not right. Taking it less personally.