People who have fabulous childhoods have this sense that nothing is ever going to be that good again. With me, I have the sense that nothing is going to be that bad.

Good olive oil, good butter, milk - they give food taste and depth and a richness that you cant reproduce with low-fat ingredients.

Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true.

Glamour really has to do with good lighting, doesn't it?

Gordon Ramsay makes me laugh because he knows that I'm not a chef.

At some stages of your life you will deal with things and at others you are overwhelmed with misery and anxiety.

There is a kind of euphoria of grief, a degree of madness.