The more I invested in myself, the kinder I was to myself and the more I understood myself.

You have to shout in the kitchen to deliver the orders, to drive the troops, to get the food out. When you have a table of eight courses and everyone's having something different, you have a 15-second window to get it all together so no one at the table waits.

Once you grow up and discover yourself as a human being you look at things for what they are.

When you walk down the street of Kabul your values for life changes, they do change.

If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.

I can't imagine anything worse than trying to impress a girl with dinner. To be honest, I'm always impressing myself, not other people.

At the end of the day it's just food, isn't it? Just food.