What is your idea of perfect happiness?
At home cooking and gardening with my boys.

What is your greatest fear?
The only thing to fear is fear itself.

Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Abraham Lincoln.

Which living person do you most admire? Thomas Keller from the French Laundry.

What is your great extravagance?
Kite surfing for a week with room service.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Happiness.

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My belly.

What living person do you most despise?
People with no respect for nature.

What or who is your greatest love?
My boys.

What is your greatest regret?
No regrets.

What is your current state of mind?
In search of equilibrium.

What’s the easiest way to destroy your crab cakes?
Store bought tartar sauce.

If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what do you think you would be?
A cook or a carpenter.

What is your most treasured possession?
My memory and wisdom.

What do you most value in your friends?
Their sincerity towards me.

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Don Michael Corleone.

What is it that you most dislike?
Ignorance.

What is your motto?
Work hard, play hard.

What does the American Dream look like?
I’m living the life still.