If any chef ever tells you they're not inspired equally by the truck-stop barbecue as they are by the four-star Michelin restaurant they are lying.

I always loved my bangles, I can't remember a time when I didn't have a bangle on.

I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.

Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?

I love clothes, but really I don't have that much to say about skirts. Before I was writing, I went to fashion shows only when the designer was a good friend and I was there to show support.

The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someone's body without actually touching them?

Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.

I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.

I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.

It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.

Women's voices not being heard is the root of many of the problems of the world.

Her attachment to language was earthy, physical, and immediate. Pretty words you could eat.

My mouth crashes onto hers, and as our bodies sway in time to the music, our tongues dance to a rhythm that’s all their own. Spencer tastes of liquor and spearmint gum. She smells like heaven.

I'd love to travel more. I really look forward to traveling with my kids. I'm just waiting for them to want to travel with me.

I write so slowly, I could write with my own blood and not hurt myself.

A singer for me is more like someone who is standing alone with a microphone like Scott Walker, rather than someone who is bashing a plank and is spitting all over a microphone.

I was listening to this Adele song, where she's like, "When we were young..." I was like, "You're 27. Are you kidding me?

If you fall, get back up. That's what life is about.

Romantic music really stirs my soul. And, of course, I love Chinese music it makes me feel closer to home.

Bush explained his fundamental concept to me, that freedom is not an American invention, but rather a gift from God to all people.

If you lend someone 20 dollars and never see that person again, it's probably worth it.