People who love to eat are always the best people.

Was it a sign of Creeping Decrepitude?

I was going to be a great woman novelist. Then the war came along and I think it's hard for young people today, don't you, to realize that when World War II happened we were dying to go and help our country.

Sooner or later the public will forget you; the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way.

You have to eat to cook. You can't be a good cook and be a noneater. I think eating is the secret to good cooking.

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

We are so bemused by our own petard, that we are unable to look at things objectively.