I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.

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I can't talk about anything or write about anything if I don't understand it. So...

I can't talk about anything or write about anything if I don't understand it. So...

So I quit my job and went to the New England Culinary Institute for the...

So I quit my job and went to the New England Culinary Institute for the...

My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of...

My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of...

Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world...

Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world...

Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words...

Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words...

The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so I am...

The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so I am...

Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now...

Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now...

Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.

Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.

Last year, I made a refrigerator in my basement. And I needed to because I...

Last year, I made a refrigerator in my basement. And I needed to because I...

Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a...

Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a...

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me....

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me....

I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.

I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.

My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success...

My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success...

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me....

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me....

My feeling has always been that Good Eats would have never happened had it been...

My feeling has always been that Good Eats would have never happened had it been...

I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and...

I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and...

I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and...

I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and...

A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to...

A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to...

I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it...

I looked for a very long time, knowing that it had to happen, but it...