The first book really was kind of an entertaining textbook for the homemaker. I couldn't find a good book about entertaining in 1982, and neither could my friend, so I decided to write it.

It's all about new techniques -- simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster, but not worse.

This is a funny story. We'd asked the guards every day for cappuccino. You know, just as a joke. And they'd come in with their cups of coffee and stuff. And so I get here and I have a spot for a cappuccino machine, and it didn't work. So I don't have any cappuccino ... I didn't miss the cappuccino, I missed the idea of cappuccino.

You have to watch the clock constantly because youre only allowed out of your home for a limited period, and for a busy person, watching the clock and knowing other people are watching the clock is extremely difficult.

I have done nothing wrong.

Buttons are the fossils of the sartorial world, enduring long past the garments they were designed to hold together.

I never pay attention to age or gender. There are just too many other more important things to consider.