The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say 'him' rather than 'her.' Maybe it's because of my generation, but I don't like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male.

We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person.

Wine is meant to be with food - that's the point of it.

The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken.

As you get older, you shouldn't waste time drinking bad wine.

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.