Service is not a San Francisco problem. It's a national problem, ... It's the largest problem in the restaurant industry in the 71 cities we cover.

We have to take a neutral approach, ... We want to be able to work with all of them.

Wolfgang Puck and his wife, Barbara Lazaroff, have it all, ... There are endless people, who are either imitating him or trying to, but it's very hard to imitate somebody who is that good and that creative.

world is a drama, we are the actors with our play role

What about San Francisco?"
"What about it?"
"Did you like it?"
She shrugged. "It was O.K."
"Just O.K.?"
She laughed. "Good God!"
"What?"
"You're all alike here."
"How so?" he asked.
"You demand adoration for the place. You're not happy until everybody swears undying love for every nook and cranny of every precious damn --"
"Whoa, missy."
"Well, it's true. Can't you just worship it on your own? Do I have to sign an affadavit?"
He chuckled. "We're that bad, are we?"
"You bet your ass you are.

I've got more chins than a San Francisco phonebook.