What failure ofimagination had caused me to forget that life was full of other possiblities, including the possibility that eventually I would fall in love again?

Success comes and goes. Your flops stay with you for life.

Reading makes me feel I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. ... Reading is bliss.

Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.

That [photographs] disturb readers is exactly as it should be: that's why photojournalism is often more powerful than written journalism.

Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own.

What I love about cooking is that after a hard day, there is something comforting about the fact that if you melt butter and add flour and then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing! It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure; it has a mathematical certainty in a world where those of us who long for some kind of certainty are forced to settle for crossword puzzles.