Talking about money is garish. It's tacky.

I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard.

People see me on TV two and three times a day, and see me cooking all these wonderfully Southern, fattening dishes. That's only 30 days out of 365. And it's for entertainment.

The thought of eating rabbit and squirrels doesn't appeal to me. And that was on our table quite often as a kid. In your uppity restaurants, they serve a lot of rabbit. But I just can't help but think of Peter. And deer, I can't go there, because of Bambi.

Love is blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener.

I know I can cook, but the place where I cook... it's a mess! I'm very disorganized.

Chicken breast is the driest, [most] tasteless part of the chicken as far as I'm concerned.