She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.

When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power.

I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.

I was a romantic, messy thinker. I was raised with very conservative beliefs, but that was a long time ago.

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

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

Cooking well doesn't mean cooking fancy.