I was a romantic, messy thinker. I was raised with very conservative beliefs, but that was a long time ago.

People were hysterical about Communism the way people today are hysterical about flag burning. I'm really against these people who try to show that they're great patriots, because they're not thinking, they're just being hysterical.

Just like becoming an expert in wine, you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford.

Never apologize for your cooking.

I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

Wine is meant to be with food - that's the point of it.