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It's one thing you aspire to: someday, you'll be able to write a book. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either. ↗

— Helen Keller

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Some of the recipes in the book have evolved for us. Many haven't. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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I think every young cook wants to write a book. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookbook anymore. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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You're getting to know who the great chefs are through their books. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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Your idea of that dish has evolved, and if you're a cook, you can start thinking in different ways about it, maybe even a different way than I think about it. ↗

— Thomas Keller

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The key to this collaboration - which we undertook after much deliberation - was to stretch creatively. New characters, new locales, new form (the novella). ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

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We tend to read each other's books in sizeable chunks as they are written. I don't know that you could say we are ruthless with each other - in fact, I suppose we are very kind. There are ways to make suggestions which are not destructive. ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

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I've never really told jokes. I'm not good at it. ↗

— David E. Kelley

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