“Since the very beginning, Emeril's had a sense of humor about me calli...” — Anthony Bourdain Quote

Since the very beginning, Emeril's had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him.

My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature.

Tokyo would probably be the foreign city if I had to eat one city's food for the rest of my life, every day. It would have to be Tokyo, and I think the majority of chefs you ask that question would answer the same way.

I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times.

In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful.

I can tell when one of my songs is played on the radio because everybody just starts calling and texting me. It gets overwhelming because if you don't answer the right ones, they think you hate them, or you're ignoring them and are not friends anymore. It's all kind of crazy.

Truths begin by a conflict with the police - and end by calling them in.

I would see these people calling me 'fat' and calling me horrible names. And this one page called me 'Miss Piggy,' and they only referred to me as 'Miss Piggy.' I was a 16-year-old girl. I did not know how to deal with that, and I was already insecure about my weight.

I've had opportunities before to run for office - the Republicans recruited me when I was surgeon general, to run for Congress, to run against Gov. Napolitano. But I didn't feel it was my calling... I felt, 'Well, I'm flattered, but I really would rather stay and be the doctor of the nation and stay as surgeon general.'