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" I see a lot of people who change careers in the middle of their life and they think it's a good idea to come in the kitchen. "

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" When you are 25, 30, you know, you have no responsibility, no mortgage, no kids, no retirement to think about, nothing. "

" California is lucky, the East Coast is lucky because we get great seafood and a lot of produce from Florida, locally in good weather, but in the winter we have to buy it. "

" I am convinced that if you serve great value, people will come to you. "

" When I see someone who has responsibilities, most of the time I can pinpoint that person because of the way he carries himself. "

" I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything - however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them. "

" For me, I do not wish to build an empire. "

" I am totally anti-technology. "

" Chefs are leaders in their own little world. "

" I'm very inspired by other cultures and very often use what I perceive to be exotic ingredients. "

" I don't like it when I go to a restaurant and I'm lectured from the menu. "

" America is a such a melting pot, I'm not sure if roast chicken is the classic comfort food for everybody. "

" Some chefs go crazy with one restaurant, and if I had 20, I would go nuts. "

" I like very much Louis Vuitton. My wife loves it too. "

" I find the organic wave much more interesting in America than in France. "

" Money is not necessarily, although it helps a lot for happiness, it's not necessarily the best way to be happy, to be rich, you know. "

" I barely speak English. "

" The nature of human beings is to eat meat and fruits and vegetables, and therefore we have to kill animals. I don't have a problem with that. But it's a sacred moment. It's a gift of life. "

" I'm fascinated by Japanese cuisine. "

" Everybody wants to support his own region and economy and farming. If we can preserve the land and if we can preserve the ocean, we all know, deep inside that we're doing the right thing. "

" Having sharp, great knives will enable you to cook very precisely. Knife skills are essential in cooking. "

" I don't follow the food trends. "

" Nobody wants an ugly book. "

" As young cook, especially in France, they're very tough in the kitchen. The idea is to make you humble and learn fast. "

" It's a very naive idea to think that the chef is cooking everything, and, on top of it, is irreplaceable. That would mean that basically he is the only genius, and there are idiots all around him, which doesn't make sense. "

" A lot of foreign people say, when asking about eating habits, 'What is your guilty pleasure?' I have no guilt. Whatever I do, I enjoy and it's the point. I think if you start to feel guilty about it, that's a problem. So, no guilty pleasures. I have pleasure and no guilt at all. "

" The Cheesecake Factory's not that bad. "

" A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not. "

" I am not a picture guy. I like to live in the present and keep the image of the past vivid in my mind. I don't need the precision of the picture. "

" Obviously California is fantastic in terms of produce, vegetables. "