Anthony Bourdain

I don't think people should be encouraged to look like Kate Moss; I think that's unreasonable. I think the normal human body should be glorified. By the same token, if you need a stick to wash yourself, you're not healthy.

Since the very beginning, Emeril's had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him.

I do my very best to avoid shark fin.

I'm a control freak. If you're going to slap my name on something, I would like to control it.

In too much of the West, everyone wants the guarantee of safety, and never having to make any decisions.

Those places I don't understand, just doing bad food. It takes some doing. Making good pasta is so much easier than making bad stuff. It actually takes quite an effort to make poor linguine pomodora.