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" Don't even get me started. I'm not against all vegetarians. But if you're a vegetarian for ethical reasons, you may be causing more harm. "

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" I think the best restaurants in America should be in California. "

" I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even considered it. I've assumed, of course, that people do such things. "

" Everyone tries to compare cooks to rock stars. I see more comparisons to the fashion world. "

" As a child, I didn't see my dad that much because he was always working at the restaurant. He became pretty jaded after working at the restaurant for so long. "

" One of the benefits to ordering food in New York is that you can get food 24/7. "

" If people ask me, 'What do you think could improve in Toronto dining,' I'd say there's nothing to improve on. "

" I don't like eating in restaurants. "

" The one reason why I got into cooking was because I wasn't good at anything else - not that I was good at it, but it was considered honest work. "

" I appreciate people who are happy. "

" To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You can get a Michelin star if you serve the best hamburger in the world. "

" Running a business anywhere isn't easy. "

" Be careful what you wish for - getting to be a successful business and maintaining it is so hard. Anyone can be good one night; being good over several years is incredibly difficult. "

" There's the common misconception that restaurants make a lot of money. It's not true. If you look at maybe the top chef in the world, or at least monetarily, it's like Wolfgang Puck, but he makes as much money as an average crappy investment banker. "

" I was terrible at desk jobs. "

" I'm not trying to bring New York to Toronto. I want to understand Toronto better. "

" If I have a really bad cook or a bad manager or bad sous-chef, I previously would have fired them or lost my temper. But now I realize that if I'm so right, then I should be able to communicate it so clearly that they get it. "

" I'm a big sports fan. "

" I'm grasping with how you do something on a large scale with multiple operations and not have quality decrease. "

" Chef Thomas Keller was an inspiration to me and many, many young cooks like me. He told us that the role of the new, modern chef is different. "

" People are getting famous now for serving food out of a truck, or for, well, pork buns. I don't know if I'm really pleased to be a part of that. I'm somewhat terrified of what the future holds, especially in America. "

" I want to make simple food new. "

" Yes, natural is good and healthy, and whole foods are important. However, experimentation is important, too. "

" Before I had my own restaurant, I was never top dog in the kitchen. I've always had a low opinion of myself as a cook. "

" Momofuku is not me. It's everyone. I'm just the facade. We have to exceed expectations and be our harshest critics. "

" Just because something's been good in the past doesn't mean it will continue to be good. "

" I wanted to disprove the notion that you couldn't open a great restaurant in a casino. "

" I lived across the street from Noodle Bar. I could barely stand it, because you're there all the time; you can't get away. "

" 'Tampopo's amazing. I think it's an absolutely fantastic movie, but I don't think it captures for me the meaning of food. "

" I work so hard that I forget to take care of myself. "

" I look forward to the spring vegetables because the season is so short. Mushrooms, edible foraged herbs, wild leeks, early season asparagus. "