Masaharu Morimoto

No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way.

I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is.

Japanese chefs believe our soul goes into our knives once we start using them. You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!