We only have one body, and you have to show respect for it.

In #‎ France we have a saying, 'Joie de Vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at your life as something that is to be taken with great pleasure and enjoy it.

I would advocate that chocolate be covered by health insurance, but that is admittedly a very French public policy perspective.

Learn to say no, with an eye to saying yes to something else.

Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself.

I love my kitchen. For Manhattan, I have a rather decent-size kitchen, and it has an opening that gives out to the dining room, which has a window with a view of the city and in the distance the Statue of Liberty.

Make treating yourself a priority and always remember your life is happening now. Don't put off all your dreams and pleasures to another day. In any balanced personal definition of success there has to be a powerful element of living life in the present.