"The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and managed to get on, um, working on music videos for a band called R.E.M. and that kind of opened up a lot of doors for me."

"A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that."

"I'm like a really goofy home ec teacher."

"I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and entertaining at the same time... a show that got down to the 'why things happen.' Plus, I hated my job - I didn't think it was very worthwhile."

"It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election."

"People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace."

"I was coming home from kindergarten - well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had been working in a factory for ten years. It's good for a kid to know how to make gloves."

"When we started the show, 'Dallas' was known as the city where JFK was assassinated. By the end it was known as JR's home town."