For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.
You try turning up in America without documents, without a visa, without a passport; you'll be treated as very, very much illegal.
It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that.
We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our own making.
What I try to do - and I think this is the former librarian in me - is to get primary source material.
I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it.
I have the sort of temperament where I try not to over think things, I don't get flustered and I don't panic. I'm not overly neurotic.
To me, if you're trying to impress a girl, get a date, they're gonna like that more because you're a confident guy. That's what it comes down to.
You have to try to build support around causes. It is uniting to campaign on a single issue, and it is never just a single issue; it's always more than that.
As commentators like the American psychologist Gary Marcus have noted, it's extremely difficult to teach a computer to recognise cats. And that's not for want of trying.
I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you.
Support a small chef. Not these big chains... but support the people who are out there trying to do things right and working hard to do that.
I try to eat in one of my restaurants every day, and I eat out in another restaurant every day. It's what I do.
I try to be as clear and simple as I can be in my illustrations so that the child can tell what is going on and what the emotions are.
I'm a little bit of a geek - I have to be the first person to get new things when they come out. I always want to buy and try new gadgets.
I always say I have a Socratic approach to most things that I do. I pummel people with questions, because I need to know what they're thinking, what they're trying to achieve, what they believe the final outcome is going to be.
I view my role more as trying to set up an environment where the personalities, creativity and individuality of all the different employees come out and can shine.
I've never gone for the smooth, suave Latin or French lover. That usually makes me think they're trying to pull one over on me.
I try not to make plans. God always laughs at your plans. I’m going to keep the door open, and keep the page blank, and see what gets painted upon it.
No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place.
I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There's no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different things.
