My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school.

Long Island for me, it's producing more chefs coming out of there than Paris.

They say cats have nine lives. I've had 12 already and I don't know how many more I'll have.

Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

It's fascinating watching the debates [of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump], with the search for the new president. It's like a car crash, unfolding in front of your eyes. The level of personal attacks!

I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.

Making pasta, cooking pasta and baking bread are two essential ideas to create a little bit of excitement, and you learn the basic, and then evolve it. Flavor the bread, flavor the pasta, go to a fish, go to a meat sauce and take it to another level.