"Cooking may be as much a means of self-expression as any of the arts."

“What drives me is truly inspiring people to realize they can live more creative and simple lives.”

“All we have to do is replace Obama. ... We are not auditioning for fearless leader. We don't need a president to tell us in what direction to go. We know what direction to go. We want the Ryan budget. ... We just need a president to sign this stuff. We don't need someone to think it up or design it. The leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming out of the House and the Senate.”

Source : "Norquist: Romney Will Do As Told—David Frum". www.thedailybeast.com. February 13, 2012.

“I wanted you to thank you for being my friend and letting me play a part in your story.”

“We have art in order not to die of the truth.”

“In a strange room you must empty yourself for sleep. And before you are emptied for sleep, what are you. And when you are emptied for sleep, what are you. And when you are emptied for sleep you are not. And when you are filled with sleep, you never were. I don't know what I am. I don't know if I am or not.”

“Hopefully, imparting what's important to me, respect for the food and that information about the purveyors, people will realize that for a restaurant to be good, so many pieces have to come together.”

“I give you bitter pills, in a sugar coating. The pills are harmless - the poison's in the sugar”

Source : James St. James (2003). “Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

“Every pioneer and musician who could carry a musket went into the ranks. Even the sick and foot-sore, who could not keep up in the march, came up as soon as they could find their regiments, and took their places in line of battle, while it was battle, indeed.”