“I go anywhere I want, do whatever I want when I get there, they let me make self-indulgent TV about that experience, and give me about as much creative freedom as anyone's ever had in the history of television.” WantGivingSelfCreativeTelevisionTvsLet MeGive MeSelf IndulgentCreative Freedom Author:Anthony Bourdain
“It's not normal, what I do. Just being on television isn't.” TelevisionNormalJust Being Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Thinking that your story is so interesting that other people will want to listen to it or read it or pay to hear it, that's - what kind of person thinks that? A monster of self-regard. It's not normal thinking.” PeopleThinkingWantKindPersonsSelfStoriesInterestingPayNormalRegardMonsters Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Being on television, being recognizable, this is unnatural.” TelevisionUnnatural Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I think there's a great storytelling tradition in the restaurant business that tends to attract people with an oral tradition of bulls - ting and bollocking. Creative people, people for whom the 9-to-5 world is not attractive or impossible. It seems that way. There are a lot of stories in the business, and a lot of characters - and it seems to attract its share of artists and writers and people who hope to do something creative in their lives.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayCharacterStoriesSeemsArtistCreativeImpossibleShareTraditionStorytellingAttractiveRestaurantsBullsCreative PeopleArtists And WritersOral TraditionRestaurant Business Author:Anthony Bourdain
“There's something not normal about you if you're writing a book about yourself, or about anything. And if you're the kind of person who can deal with being recognized by strangers and if that's tolerable or pleasing to you, and not immediately terrifying, that's not normal either.” IfsWritingKindPersonsBookDealsNormalStrangerAbout YourselfWriting A BookTolerable Author:Anthony Bourdain
“We now have a generation of people who in many cases feel that if they become chefs, they'll get a TV show. They have a signature haircut, a year into the business, or a branding arrangement with a shoe company. I don't really relate to that. I guess this is the world we live in now.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsYearsShowsCompanyCasesGenerationsTvsShoesRelateBrandingChefArrangementsTv ShowsSignaturesHaircuts Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I'm of a generation that romanticizes and maybe even over-romanticized things that were painful, that hurt others. I feel that. But I don't know if I have any regrets.” IfsKnowsFeelsHurtGenerationsRegretPainful Author:Anthony Bourdain
“If people are working only rice and beans for much of their diet, it says something.” PeopleIfsDietsRiceBeans Author:Anthony Bourdain