As much as I love crisp clean whites there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak especially at Thanksgiving.

I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December right?

It will be a hard game if you think about winning a championship. We need to think about our own game at the moment and focus on getting good results especially over the Christmas period.

At Christmas our house is like a Donnie and Marie Christmas Special.

I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow.

When you're a chef you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and eat before you cook. So when I finish work the first thing I'll do and especially when I'm in New York I'll go for a run. And I'll run 10 or 15k on my - and I run to gain my appetite.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius especially ambitious young men and women.

To generalize on women is dangerous. To specialize on them is infinitely worse.

I get along with all the women singers but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.

I love vampire stories. That's why I did the movie. Women especially were taken with that movie-even more so when it came out on video.