You and I don't have the same genetics, we don't live in the same places, but we can have the same basic attitude - being comfortable in our skin.

I find it so unattractive when women wear sneakers with their business suits. I wear a nice pair of loafers or low-heeled pumps, and that's that.

Give us being and feeling over having any day.

We women are so judged by the way we dress, and men are not. So style is part of developing your own brand.

French women don't have too many clothes - a few good pieces that last for a while and are classic and timeless.

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.

I can never leave a bookstore without buying a book. I read four or five at a time.