Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a concept - to really get a concept. To get it enough that it becomes part of me. But when it happens I get real excited…

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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...

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...

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.

For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody...

For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody...

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...

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 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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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 like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication...

I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication...

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...

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...

I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work -...

I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work -...

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...

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.

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...