You can be the most beautiful person on earth, and if you don't have a fitness or diet routine, you won't be beautiful.

We’re not so free that we don’t have to listen to rules, and laws, and regulations. Those are important. But the spirit, the freedom of the spirit, that’s what I think of American Dream, that we are free here to do what we want to do, what we set out to do.

The more you adapt, the more interesting you are.

I don't even like firing people. I don't think I've ever said, 'You're fired' to anybody.

The homes I like the best are totally occupied, busy, and useful, whether it's a tiny little house or a great big one. Rarely do you find a great big house that's used in a good way. So I prefer smaller spaces that are full of books, full of things that people are doing.

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.

Larousse has a place of honor on every cookbook shelf in America.