I've always known that if I got the right opportunity and the right system, I could be successful.
A lot of people call me a celebrity chef, but I don't think that I'm a celebrity. So I want to stay keeping just a chef. That's more comfortable.
Cook more often. Don't study; just cook.
No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way.
A kitchen without a knife is not a kitchen.
Japanese chefs believe our soul goes into our knives once we start using them. You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!
I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is.
I can tell you squat about Islamism. But I know a lot about Al Quaeda, and they need to burn in hell.
The best results are achieved by using the right amount of effort in the right place at the right time. And this right amount is usually less than we think we need.
When was the last time you saw a documentary that fundamentally changed the way you think?. . . Pandora’s Promise is built around what should be the real liberal agenda: looking at an issue not with orthodoxy, but with open eyes.
For me, I think the harder the shoot, the more I feel like I'm enjoying myself.