People who don't travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what's in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live.

Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent.

When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.

Because normally with Western cuisine, you'll serve vegetables separate from the meat, so kids will eat the meat and never touch the vegetables.

Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer; I was brought up in the kitchen and ended up becoming a chef.

You don't have to show people how successful you are.