I was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes, but I think that the turnips had more to do with the effect than the potatoes.

Being in the depths of sadness is just as important an experience as being exuberantly happy.

He [Ernest Hemingway] is gentle, as all real men are gentle; without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

Judging by the vast amount of cookbooks printed and sold in the United States one would think the American woman a fanatical cook. She isn't.

Champagne makes you feel like it's Sunday and better days are just around the corner.

It is my private life which no one knows anything about, nor ever will. It needs more than half my time if it is to be a success.

one should be afraid of life, not of death.