I am always surprised when people read double entendres into my innocuous babble.

I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater.

You could probably get through life without knowing how to roast a chicken, but the question is, would you want to?

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

You cannot truly say you live well unless you eat well.

Sometimes...we don't want to feel like a postmodern, postfeminist, overstretched woman but, rather, a domestic goddess, trailing nutmeggy fumes of baking pie in our languorous wake.

Sometimes it's good just to be seduced by the particular cheeses spread out in front of you on a cheese counter.

I don't believe in low-fat cooking.

I don't believe you can ever really cook unless you love eating.

I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour.

Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on.

I believe that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact.

If the way of the sage is true, that we are all dreaming our world into being, then it has to apply not only to our private, personal universe but to the world at large.

The tree of life is growing where the spirit never dies, and the bright light of salvation shines in dark and empty skies.

The value of a relationship is in direct proportion to the time that you invest in the relationship.

That's the shame about Miles Copeland; he's evil, but he's got a heart of gold.

Within thy Grave! Oh no, but on some other flight - Thou only camest to mankind To rend it with Good night

I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually started my career in musical comedies.

Sometimes you win by losing.

Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.

The member of Congress who is not making a career of politics looks quite differently at the world.