I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It's a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them.

I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.

Decide which you want to play up: your clothing or your jewelry, but not both. Let one be the star and one the supporting player.

It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.

I'm still amazed at how much people are willing to humiliate themselves to be on TV.

I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?

I always think, after the second glass of wine, you should be putting something in your stomach.