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" Waiting tables has never paid my bills, a fact which I prefer to hide from my colleagues with deep sighs about the price of just about everything. "

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" 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'm always criticizing and only see the mistakes. "

" I feel like I'm losing my ability to understand reality; like when someone loses their hearing, they can still speak English, but their speech eventually becomes distorted because they can't hear themselves. "

" 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. "

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

" I really don't care for the proper chef coat. "

" The Momofuku Culinary Lab started as a space where we could focus on creating and innovating. I didn't want us to worry about working on projects in a restaurant; there are just too many distractions in service and running a kitchen to be able to focus on creating your dishes. "

" There are many things to admire about Japan but this is the one thing I love the most and probably the only time I eat breakfast. Fish, eggs, soup, salad, veggies; all in the tiniest bites. It's a full meal, but it's so refreshing. "

" I want to make simple food new. "

" Fine dining teaches you how to cook many different things, and it gives you the basic fundamentals, but these specialty restaurants, they're not teaching you the broad foundation you need to become a well-rounded cook. "

" I was quite cocky, but having been hailed as this great young golfer, I couldn't even make the high school golf team once I got there. I had a big dose of humble pie then, and ever since, I've always known that there is always someone out there better than you, more talented. Always. "

" When you meet the farmers and go to the farms, you see that they treat their animals like they're family. It makes a big difference. "

" When I first started to cook, I would cook these elaborate meals, but I rarely cook at home now. "

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

" If people think you are this amazing, own it. "

" I think that the Japanese - and I do love Japanese cuisine and adore Japanese food culture - I think that they're going to plow through the entire world's fishing. They're going to eat everything anyways. "

" Any processed chicken from any place - I'll order it in a heartbeat. I'm very picky about my pork, though. "

" I hate to say 'chain restaurant,' but we're sort of a corporation now. How do we defy that concept, where people assume each restaurant can't be good? "

" I learned so much more prepping vegetables than I ever did in cooking school. "

" For everyday diners in Manhattan, cracking the waiting list at Nobu is said to be harder than getting courtside tickets for the Knicks. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm a big sports fan. "

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

" I love to eat sushi, and, you know, those flavors and wasabi and really eating spoonfuls of it... I would just mix it and put it on everything, literally. "

" Open your refrigerator, your freezer, your kitchen cupboards, and look at the labels on your food. You'll find 'natural flavor' or 'artificial flavor' in just about every list of ingredients. The similarities between these two broad categories are far more significant than the differences. "

" 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. "

" My dad was in the restaurant business, but I didn't really think about following him. Had I done better at school, I don't know if I would have been a chef. "

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

" I appreciate people who are happy. "