Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

Strictly speaking, one cannot legislate love, but what one can do is legislate fairness and justice. If legislation does not prohibit our living side by side, sooner or later your child will fall on the pavement and I'll be the one to pick her up. Or one of my children will not be able to get into the house and you'll have to say, "Stop here until your mom comes here." Legislation affords us the chance to see if we might love each other.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

When we know better, we do better.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.