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

I'm not a great consumer. I always ask myself, 'Do I really need that piece?' I have friends who have 300 pairs of shoes; how would you leave the house in the morning?

Expensive clothes with inappropriate or inexpensive shoes may send an unflattering message.

Once a day, take some 'Beach Time.'

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

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

I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.