I don't want to turn 50 and say, 'Gosh, I wish I'd lived in that part of the world for a time.… — Charlie Trotter Back Copy Share Image
If people give me a year or two of their best effort, then I am their friend for life. — Charlie Trotter Am Copy Share Image
You know the old adage that the customer's always right? Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer… — Charlie Trotter Adage Copy Share Image
I never considered Miles Davis a perfectionist; I always considered him as an excellence-ist, where deviation is actually kind of cool. — Charlie Trotter Actually Copy Share Image
I wasn't using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education. — Charlie Trotter Arts education Copy Share Image
There has been no great surprise, no sudden revelation. I knew pretty much what I was getting into. What I've learned is… — Charlie Trotter Art Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think I should have chosen a line of work where it was just me alone in the room, with the… — Charlie Trotter Accused Copy Share Image
I'm really not that comfortable with people. I mean, I love individuals, but I'm not very social. — Charlie Trotter Comfortable Copy Share Image
I have a goal so lofty it's almost embarrassing to talk about. And that's to be the best restaurant in the world. — Charlie Trotter About Copy Share Image
At home, a man is entitled to raise his voice maybe once a year, if something really gets under his skin. At… — Charlie Trotter Different Copy Share Image
In a time when it is common for chefs to simply reproduce the innovations of others, the few who speak for themselves… — Charlie Trotter Art Copy Share Image
I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from… — Charlie Trotter Because Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I want to prepare food that will be recognized equally in Tokyo, London, and Paris. I am after that universality, that… — Charlie Trotter After Copy Share Image
I have always considered desserts to be of equal importance to the savory food. — Charlie Trotter Always Copy Share Image
I wasnt using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education. — Charlie Trotter Art Copy Share Image
I was always inspired by restaurants like La Tulipe in Manhattan. You'd walk right by and say, 'Oh what a lovely house.'… — Charlie Trotter Always Copy Share Image
To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice. — Charlie Trotter Anywhere Copy Share Image
If you go around the kitchen and ask my employees what they want to be doing in three to five years, most… — Charlie Trotter Around Copy Share Image
I don't understand people who spend their twenties hanging out in bars and going to football game. That stuff is so boring… — Charlie Trotter Applying Copy Share Image
What I was reading was already part of my psyche, but finally someone else was saying it's okay to walk alone. — Charlie Trotter Book Copy Share Image
Cuisine is only about making foods taste the way they are supposed to taste. — Charlie Trotter Cooking Copy Share Image
When I graduated I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn't want a conventional career. — Charlie Trotter Career Copy Share Image
