You have to do it and do it, until you get it right.

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.

...operational proof...it's all theory until you see for yourself whether or not something works.

If you're afraid of butter, use cream.

Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook.

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.

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