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"I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning."
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"I kept thinking, 'Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and entertaining at the same time... a show that got down to the 'why things happen.' Plus, I hated my job - I didn't think it was very worthwhile."
Food
"I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those that don't."
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"I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials."
Idea
"My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee."
Committee
"Recipe writers hate to write about heat. They despise it. Because there aren't proper words for communicating what should be done with it."
Hate
"I'm going from doing all of the work to having to delegate the work - which is almost harder for me than doing the work myself. I'm a lousy delegator, but I'm learning."
Work
"I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean."
Love
"Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously."
Work
"For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody - any male - who has ever worked in a French kitchen knows what I am talking about when I say that."
Kitchen
"The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so I am very frustrating to work with."
Power
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