Chefs become attracted to being able to get product and then clientele - those are the two things that attract you as a chef.
I have visited a number of boutique hotels where you feel there is a little bit of self-indulgence going on.
Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
When we rebuild a house, we are rebuilding a home. When we recover from disaster, we are rebuilding lives and livelihoods.
I understand that when you become a public figure, people pay more attention to you, but my personal life is my space.
I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn't want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn't want a boss.
For me from a pretty young age up until about 21 years old hallucinogenics had a huge place in my life.
I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music, but actually a lot of kids know the music, and if anything is left, we have left really good music, and that's the important part, not the mop-tops or whatever.
In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied.
Language... Has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.
I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.
I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.