French women love bread and would never consider a life without carbs.

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

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.

People are unhappy when they are on diets, because it's 'don't do this, don't do that, do this, do that.

Nothing but beauty and douceur

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

My friends say everything I touch turns to gold. I'll say, 'I've been very lucky.