To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.

It's a challenge to demonstrate that you can prepare some really interesting food with humble ingredients.

I timed my previous wife's pregnancy to the moment to have my son born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday. There is no bigger Bob Dylan fan than me. You don't just time the day and impregnate your wife to get your kid to be born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday.

The idea that you have to pursue greatness... it's up to you; it's your life.

Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.

It is common to seek perfection, but it is stupid to believe that you will ever reach it.