#w

They know what my standards are. They know what I need and how to get it to me, and they know how to communicate with me if for some reason they can't get it. ↗

— Thomas Keller

#get #how #i #know #me

Whether it's destiny or fate or whatever, I don't think I could do a French Laundry anywhere else. ↗

— Thomas Keller

#could #destiny #else #fate #french

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

— Thomas Keller

#chefs #getting #great #know #their

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

#cook #different #different way #different ways #dish

Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world. ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

#challenge #each #enjoy #greatest #harder

That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many very good writers have done so. But for me, it has to remain the principal thing that I actually want to do the writing. ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

#doing #done #good #i #know

There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and... the third I can't remember. ↗

— Italo Svevo

#faces #forget #i #i always #names

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

#characters #collaboration #creatively #deliberation #form

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

#chunks #could #destructive #each #fact

And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything. ↗

— Sally Kellerman

#everything #give #give me #going #i