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

I’m awfully sorry for people who are taken in by all of today’s dietary mumbo jumbo. They are not getting any enjoyment out of their food.

I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.

Pro-choice is the only way to be-- because women are human beings, after all, and should be treated as such.

Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? ... I, for one, would much rather swoon over a few thin slices of prime beefsteak, or one small serving of chocolate mousse, or a sliver of foie gras than indulge to the full on such nonentities as fat-free gelatin puddings.

It's simply a very romantic place. Just one look at any of those streets, and you couldn't be anywhere else - it's so beautiful, and there's that location, and the sense of the free spirit. Who couldn't become ravenous in such a place?

I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.