A good meal must be as harmonious as a symphony and as well-constructed as a Norman cathedral.

If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony.

As far as cuisine is concerned one must read everything, see everything, hear everything, try everything, observe everything, in order to retain in the end, just a little bit.

The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.

In all professions without doubt, but certainly in cooking one is a student all his life.

Success is the sum of a lot of small things done correctly.

There are many people who claim to be good cooks; just as there are many people who, after having repainted the garden gate take themselves to be painters.

Every morning the cuisinier must start again at zero, with nothing on the stove. That is what real cuisine is all about.

Perfection is lots of little things done well.

I'm not hard to please, I'm content with the very best.

A good apprentice cook must be as polite with the dishwasher as with the chef.

All of them would understand, as he did now, that he had crossed a line in himself, he had left their world behind, the decent world of tea parties and suburban witticisms.

Dialogue is not just quotation. It is grimaces, pauses, adjustments of blouse buttons, doodles on a napkin, and crossings of legs.

The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result.

It's not the meaning of life we seek but our aliveness. Once we have that, the meaning of life is obvious.

There is no higher calling or greater privilege known to man than being involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission.

I'm still friends with all my exes, apart from my husbands.

If I repent now will God forgive me? No, but if God forgives you, you will repent.

Give yourself the mental freedom to enjoy the process, because the process of writing is a long one.

If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circustance.

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.