I'm constantly learning, and that is the greatest gift of life in my opinion - to always be learning and growing.

Now, for this book I had to learn the world of the Senate, which is really for all that's written about the Senate, an unknowing world and its mores, and the way things work with subcommittees and all. I loved learning about that.

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.

I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.

It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball.