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" Los Angeles is my home - I have my wife and two daughters growing up there. "

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" Every year, I do a New Year's day party at my home. I invite my staff and my friends and their kids. Around 40-50 people come by, and I do a barbecue and salads, steak and sushi, and also lots of cheese. "

" I am very lucky to consider many of my business associates friends. Some are closer than others, but I respect and value all of them. "

" I like to keep healthy physically and mentally, too. "

" Peru was the Incas; it has 3,000 to 4,000 years of history. "

" If I am at home in L.A. on a Saturday or Sunday, I like to start the day with a hot bath and then do an hour of stretching. "

" In Tokyo, we have more three-star Michelin restaurants than Paris. "

" Large fish such as tuna are shown already cut into fillets and bought by the block. Fillets should be almost transparent. Avoid tuna that looks rainbow-colored or black. "

" I grew up in the countryside in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo. "

" When I'm home in L.A., I go to La Brea, a bakery which does artisan breads, excellent sourdoughs primarily, but also patisserie and cakes. "

" One of my favorite ways to use cilantro is in a beautiful clear soup with monkfish and lime. It's a great dish for cooler weather, especially because monkfish is very good in fall and winter. Also, I like the meatiness and rich texture of monkfish. "

" People who make mistakes but try their best, other people will support. But people who make mistakes because they're lazy, nobody supports. "

" I started cooking when I was 18 years old, and now I have restaurants all over the world. "

" I enjoy people who have passion, whether it is as a musician or whatever they do. All people who have success keep it very basic. Try your best. But without passion, you will not have success. "

" I want to always keep going. I don't want to ever stop. "

" When I'm dining out privately, I tend to avoid fine-dining venues; I like things to feel casual. "

" I exercise every morning, no matter what. Sometimes it's tough to do right when you get off the plane, but after ten minutes you start sweating, and you always feel better. "

" Many chefs are either technically or artistically better than me, but I know my food has soul. "

" You know how kids dream of being soccer players or actors? Well, my dream was to be a sushi chef. "

" Have you ever been to Mexico City and haggled with the locals over souvenirs? Well, in Peru, you had to negotiate like that to get the freshest fish at the market. "

" Once I fell out of a tree and was hit by a motorbike. I still have the scar on my head now. "

" I'm a lucky person because the company keeps growing, and that means my team keeps growing. "

" My business partner Robert De Niro knows a lot about hotels; he opened the Greenwich Hotel in New York City. "

" In my generation, there was no sushi school, no cooking school, so people have to learn from working. "

" I travel all over the world, usually 10 months out of the year. I stay at a lot of hotels, and the ones I like best are clean and not complicated. You go to bed and say, 'Wow, I feel comfortable.' "

" It's not unusual for me to wake up in the middle of the night and not know where I am. I take sleep medication to deal with all the flights. But I find it helps to eat at the same time every day. "

" I can live without a computer. My assistant checks my e-mails. "

" One day, the people who work in my kitchen stir-fried chopped Napa cabbage to serve with some meat or fish for their own dinner. I got to thinking: 'What if the cabbage was the most important thing on the plate?' "

" I remember watching steak being cooked on TV and wanting to try it. As a special treat, my mother cooked it for me, and I thought this would be the time I would eat with a knife and fork. Alas, I ate it with chopsticks! "

" Napa cabbage is very beautiful, all those long, pale leaves with ruffled edges. "

" I love big shrimp, like Japanese botan shrimp and the meaty ones from Santa Barbara, Calif. In classic Japanese cooking, shrimp like these would be dropped into a broth or boiled as served with sushi. But I think boiling dilutes their great flavor, and they are better when stir-fried. "