When I get things -- when I really get something -- I have a talent for being able to communicate it and help others get it faster and better than I did. It's probably my only true talent. I think that I'm a teacher that happens to be a decent filmmaker. And that I happen to be able to use the visual narrative form in an effective way. I think I use television in a relatively positive way.

My neighbors thought I was insane because I was standing there with a stopwatch grilling ice cubes for three days.

I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth -- I just hate what is being done with it.

I approach cooking from a science angle because I need to understand how things work. If I understand the egg, I can scramble it better. It's a simple as that.

There is no real teacher who in practise does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.

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