the more experience you have, the more interesting cooking is because you know what can happen to the food. In the beginning you can look at a chicken and it doesn't mean much, but once you have done some cooking you can see in that chicken a parade of things you will be able to create.

I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.

There are reasons, and then there are excuses.

She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.

I don't use the word gourmet. The word doesn't mean anything anymore. 'Gourmet' makes it sound like someone is putting sherry wine in the corn-flake casserole.

You have to do it and do it, until you get it right.

You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made. Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.