“Wouldn’t it be dull to do things that ended?”

“The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.”

“It is better to beg forgiveness, than ask permission.”

“Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down."(CBS 60 Minutes interview, March 6, 1983)”

“The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen.”

“I think the revolutionary role of a writer is to make language that makes coalition possible, language that makes us see things in a new way.”

“If you don't pick your audience, you're lost because you're not really talking to anybody.”