In fact, looking back, it seems to me that I was clueless until I was about 50-years-old.

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.

Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.

I actually believe in denial.

In fact, looking back, it seems to me that I was clueless until I was about 50-years-old.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

I look as young as a person can look given how old I am.