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

I don't care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I'll laugh because they'll probably be funny.

Life is too short to wonder where you hid your waffle maker.

I am proof that the American dream still exists.

I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.

Change doesn’t happen overnight. It starts with the desire, then one small step in the right direction.

I am proud to be a Southerner. I think Southern hospitality is very... I don't think it's just a term. I think it really exists. You can come to Savannah, and the people are so sweet and so nice.

I will never use a substitute for butter. Margarine is one molecule away from eating plastic.

Growing up, I had a very busy social life. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in high school that I asked Mama if I could come into the kitchen and have her teach me how to cook something.

I don't want to spend my life not having good food going into my pie hole. That hole was made for pies.

Down South, even our vegetables have some pig hidden somewhere in it. A vegetable isn't a vegetable without a little ham hock.

When you are writing, you must treat it as the most important thing in the world, even when you know it is not. This helps you take the job seriously and do your best on everything you write.

Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.

Hillary Clinton is not a winner.

When speech is divorced from speaker and word from meaning, what is left is just ritual, language as ritual.

Alexey Brodovitch used to say, "Astonish me." We as the team at Bazaar hear that everyday because we want to surprise people.

Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights.

The court is the bureaucracy of the law. If you bureaucratise popular justice then you give it the form of a court.

It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?

It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy. On the importance of loving what you do.

When life is too much, roll with it, baby.