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

Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.

People were hysterical about Communism the way people today are hysterical about flag burning. I'm really against these people who try to show that they're great patriots, because they're not thinking, they're just being hysterical.

It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.

I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make.... Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is truly vile...then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile.

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.

Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.