I woke up on May 15, 1991, the day of my Barnard graduation, and I said to myself, 'By the end of today you will decide what you want to do with the rest of your life.'

Fresh herbs really belong anywhere you put them.

I really love muscle cars. I don't think people might realize that about me. I really want to go to an auto auction and blow my life savings on a Camaro. They have such design around them, such panache.

Who doesn't love a stuffed cherry tomato?

To me, 'Chopped' is a great platform for championing great causes.

I think that 'celebrity' and 'chef' should be a permanent oxymoron.

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.

It's a mystery to me the way that contemporary art galleries function.

My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.

My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.

The thing about 'Bad Habits' was the album before that, 'Reckless,' was me going in with a total cocky attitude.