In America, you look at food as bad and guilty. In France, we love food and we enjoy food; food is pleasure.

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

Once you have to start counting calories, it takes away from the joy of eating.

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

Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good.

I've never been ambitious.

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