We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do and more in the light of what they suffer.
Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative...
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me....
My contribution I hope is to get people to eat full-flavored food. If I could come away with that alone that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I'm also very proud of being a very American chef.