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

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

Since the pleasure of most foods is in the first few bites, eat one thing on your plate at a time, at least at the start of the meal when you can concentrate and enjoy the full flavors.

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

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.

In the U.S., too many yogurts are filled with corn syrup, preservatives, artificial this and that. To me, this is poison.

There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss.