Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.

I have to say that since my mother died, I am not the same person anymore. My life has changed a great deal because it's really unbearable to think you can't see her anymore or talk to her anymore.

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

You really have to be satisfied with what you are and accept from life what it still very generously offers you - and notice it, and be glad for it.

The Fountain of Youth is in your mind.

I like to cook for my friends. It is an act of love because in cooking you can create so many plates and recipes, if you know how to - otherwise you make a mess - but I like it because it's like a ceremony. You cook for your friends and after, you drink wine and play cards.

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.