40 Quotes by Toby Young

I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.

If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful.

People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan.

In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America.

It's very different doing a food show in America and doing one in Britain. I did a 20-part series for the BBC series called 'Eating With the Enemy.' The budget for all 20 episodes was probably the budget for a single episode of 'Top Chef.' It's the difference between making a home movie in your backyard and going to Hollywood.

My whole life, I've always done good things. I've never even had a speeding ticket - well, no, I had one speeding ticket.

I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and we often talked about other people in psychological terms, so I picked up a lot of that.

As more and more companies realize the power and reach of the Mid-America Trucking Show, we expect the show to continue to grow and surpass long-established show records.

Top Chef is a very smooth-running machine. All the people working there are incredibly professional and absolutely at the top of their game.