"A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that."

"I think a lot of food shows, especially when we started 'Good Eats' back in the late '90s, they were still really about food. 'Good Eats' isn't about food, it's about entertainment. If, however, we can virally infect you with knowledge or interest, then all the better."

"Everything in food is science. The only subjective part is when you eat it."

"I'm a filmmaker who decided to go to culinary school. All I picked up was the fact if I didn't understand what was going on with every single ingredient, I could be qualifying for, like, the lunch food job at my daughter's school."

"Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else."

"I am a bit of a hopeless romantic. I really do have a faith and a belief in love, and when I love, I love hard."

"The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism."

"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act."