I taped my first series for PBS in 1982 at WJCT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. The show, called 'Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin,' was about saving time and money in the kitchen - and it was a celebration of simple and unpretentious food. Use this quote
Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions. Use this quote
I think guitar is the best thing in the world. Use this quote
At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book to read. Well, if it was painful to read, it was also painful to write. I had pains in my chest for two years while I was writing that book. Use this quote
Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open. Use this quote
My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I gotta credit the guy, cuz he gave me the most practical advice. It empowers you. Use this quote
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. Use this quote
I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early. Use this quote
Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones. Use this quote
To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. Use this quote
But I like all the books. You've got to read them all to get the complete Harry Potter experience. Use this quote
All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once! Use this quote
Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose. Use this quote
If I don't tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong. Use this quote
I think I like big issues, but I don't believe in God or religion. Use this quote
Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none. Use this quote
That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic. Use this quote
Never, ever invest money that you will need prior to three to five years - minimum. Use this quote
I have three brothers and they're all into computers. They're all intellects. My mother would pay me a quarter a page to read a book and I couldn't make 50 cents. I just couldn't do it. Use this quote
Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose. Use this quote