The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than read more

The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ... for a moment at least ... that long magic moment before we wake.

A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes read more

A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.

Their steaks are often good, but the lobsters-with claws the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger's forearms-are as glazed and tough as read more

Their steaks are often good, but the lobsters-with claws the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger's forearms-are as glazed and tough as most of the customers.

To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as read more

To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.

The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.

The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.

The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the read more

The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

If Broadway shows charge preview prices while the cast is in dress rehearsal, why should restaurants charge full price when read more

If Broadway shows charge preview prices while the cast is in dress rehearsal, why should restaurants charge full price when their dining room and kitchen staffs are still practicing?

The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know read more

The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.