This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!

Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms.

I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.

Food like love is a deeply emotional matter.

The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen.

Learn how to cook! That's the way to save money. You don't save it buying hamburger helpers, and prepared foods; you save it by buying fresh foods in season or in large supply, when they are cheapest and usually best, and you prepare them from scratch at home. Why pay for someone else's work, when if you know how to do it, you can save all that money for yourself?

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.