112 Quotes by David Chang

"I've talked a great deal about the importance of failure as a learning tool, but it's really a privilege to expect people to let us fail over and over again. There are too many dudes in my story in general, and you can still sense my bro-ish excitement when I tell old war stories... It's my truth, which is why I'm leaving them in here, but I wish that some of it were different."

"Recovering alcoholics talk about needing to hit rock bottom before they are able to climb out. The paradox for the workaholic is that rock bottom is the top of whatever profession they're in."

"But for years, my best coping strategy has been work. I have assumed so many responsibilities and said yes to so many things. Working hard creates my own gravity. The more I work, the more I am on terra firma."

"A couple more bites, then Barbot unleashed his signature galette de champignons de Paris et foie grad mariné au verjus, huile de noisette, citron confit on us."

"I find that there are a lot of similarities between French and Japanese food. I think they're two countries that have really systemized their cuisine and codified it."

"Be careful what you wish for - getting to be a successful business and maintaining it is so hard. Anyone can be good one night; being good over several years is incredibly difficult."

"I constantly think I'm a fraud, that this success is not warranted or justified."

"America is a country of abundance, but our food culture is sad - based on huge portions and fast food. Let's stop with the excuses and start creating something better."

"Fear is a driving force for most of the things that I do. I don't know if that's healthy."

"I love to eat sushi, and, you know, those flavors and wasabi and really eating spoonfuls of it... I would just mix it and put it on everything, literally."