Anthony Bourdain Quotes
- I do my very best to avoid shark fin.
- I don't like to see animals in pain. That was very uncomfortable to me. I don't like factory farming. I'm not an advocate for the…
- I don't snack. I don't generally eat sweets or drink soda. I never eat between meals or even before big ones.
- I feel that if Jacques Pepin shows you how to make an omelet, the matter is pretty much settled. That's God talking.
- I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.
- I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times.
- I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really admirable.
- I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing.
- I make friends faster and easier than journalists.
- I wasn't that great a chef, and I don't think I'm that great a writer.
- I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.
- I'm a comic nerd. I'm a former serious collector for much of my childhood and early teen years I wanted to draw underground comics.
- I'm a control freak. If you're going to slap my name on something, I would like to control it.
- I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period.
- I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make them…
- I'm a Twitter addict. Jose Andres is a serial tweeter. It's funny to see which chefs have embraced it, and the different paths they take.
- I'm always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are really happy with the images…
- I'm evangelical on the subject of some chefs and writers.
- I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective.
- I'm not looking to freak people out - eating rodents or bugs. I don't do that anymore.