The shellfish thing is very scary. You have to know the people you buy from and exactly where their wholesalers are getting the fish from.

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.

I'm not wild about those twenty-four hour marinades

I think the inner person is the most important.... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.

How lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.

You have to do it and do it, until you get it right.

A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.