It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure everything.

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

We may act sophisticated and worldly but I believe we feel safest when we go inside ourselves and find home, a place where we belong and maybe the only place we really do.

Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?

You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

Beneath the skin, beyond the differing features and into the true heart of being, fundamentally, we are more alike, my friend, than we are unalike.

Having courage does not mean we are unafraid.