"There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action."

"It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour."

"You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism."

"In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally."

"I was always a junk food person, still am."

"Never before has man had such capacity to control his own environment, to end thirst and hunger, to conquer poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and massive human misery. We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last."

"My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that."

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."