"My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it."

"I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food more accessible to the regular person, who might be intimidated. I try hard, particularly with wine, to make it not intimidating. It's sort of a teaching job."

"Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show!"

"Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day."

"I don't feel famous and I didn't want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story."

"If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common."

"Age appears to be best in four things old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."

"For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures."