It's hard to imagine a civilization without onions; in one form or another their flavor blends into almost everything in the meal except the desert.

Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air to breathe.

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.

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

Fat gives things flavor.

Fake food -- I mean those patented substances chemically flavored and mechanically bulked out to kill the appetite and deceive the gut -- is unnatural, almost immoral, a bane to good eating and good cooking.

Until I discovered cooking, I was never really interested in anything.