If I could go into the woods and kill a bear myself, I'd wear it proudly as a trophy.

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.

Statistically, people who have been happily married and then widowed tend to remarry.

I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour.

Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true.

I was shy as a child. Now I'm not really shy any more, unless I'm with shy people. I find it contagious and I don't know what to say. But I don't think shyness is something one should feel apologetic about.

And cooking is about balance and harmony.