One does not laugh because one is happy; one is happy because one laughs.

Of course there are fat French women. There are fat people everywhere.

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.

Intelligence, knowledge or experience are important and might get you a job, but strong communication skills are what will get you promoted.

French women love to shop and prepare food. They love to talk about what they have bought and made. It's a deeply natural love, but one that is erased in many other cultures. Most French women learn it from their mothers, some from their fathers. But if your parents aren't French, you can still learn it yourself.

French women eat and serve what's in season, for maximum flavor and value, and know availability does not equal quality.

I am a believer in change peu a` peu (little by little) since drastic changes, including lots of changes made all at once, are often the sort of modifications that don't stick.