Ted Allen Quotes
It's a 12-hour cooking class for me on the set of 'Chopped.' You'd think I'd get sick of it, but it's a source of endless interest to me. The only thing I don't like about it is it's a long day and my feet hurt. Otherwise, I love it.
Quotes to Explore
-
I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
-
The 'Agent X' set was never boring. During the first few days, I had to adjust to the loud noise on set, which included gun shots and explosions. After we finished filming the season, I realized I missed hearing all the noise and driving on empty freeways.
-
The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free.
-
My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
-
Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
-
I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.
-
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
-
'Pong' is simply a knockoff of the Odyssey Ping-Pong game.
-
I need to meet people to be able to write.
-
Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.
-
I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.
-
I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
-
A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
-
I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
-
You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.
-
A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.
-
I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
-
I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.
-
Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
-
'Deathstroke' became an interesting challenge - not just because of his ethnicity, but because he's a villain. I've never written a villain as a protagonist of a series before. I thought this could be an interesting challenge. That's really what got my attention, and it just went from there.
-
On the tour we get a case of beer on the bus every day from Ozzfest.
-
In this world, whenever there is light, there are also shadows. As long as the concept of winners exist, there must also be losers. The selfish desire of wanting to maintain peace causes wars and hatred is born to protect love.
-
I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.
-
It's a 12-hour cooking class for me on the set of 'Chopped.' You'd think I'd get sick of it, but it's a source of endless interest to me. The only thing I don't like about it is it's a long day and my feet hurt. Otherwise, I love it.
