Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music.

Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way.

People liked to eat veal until they saw pictures of these darling little animals with brown eyes. Veal calves been raised the same way for centuries.

I always try to buy just what I need. You get ideas as to what's in season and what's best. I think if you have a preconceived idea before shopping, that makes it difficult. You have to have an open mind.

I have trouble with toast. Toast is very difficult. You have to watch it all the time or it burns up.

If you don't pick your audience, you're lost because you're not really talking to anybody.

Any disaster is a learning process.