I believe in red meat. I often said: red meat and gin.

The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.

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.

How lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.

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

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.

Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous time!