"My wife, whenever I'd go off to work and I'd be kind of anxious, she'll say, 'Remember, have fun.' Oh, I forgot, thanks for the reminder. Because sometimes we do forget. We take it all too seriously and there's a lot of joy to be had wherever you are."

"I love marriage."

"Sobriety and health is the greatest thing."

"It's funny. You succeed, but now where are you gonna go from there? I've got to keep proving that I can laugh or cry more real each time."

"My food is Louisiana, New Orleans-based, well-seasoned, rustic. I think it's pretty unique because of my background being influenced by my mom, Portuguese and French Canadian. There's a lot going on there."

"Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body."

"It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine."

"You don't want flame to hit your food. Flame is bad. Flame does nasty things to food. It makes soot and it makes deposits of various chemicals that are not too good for us. The last thing you really want to see licking at your food while it's on a grill is an actual flame."