If variety is the spice of life, then my life must be one of the spiciest you ever heard of. A curry of a life. -Paul Child

Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.

I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.

Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.

...The more I learned the more I realized how very much one has to know before one is in-the-know at all.

I discovered that when one follows the artist's eye one sees unexpected treasures in so many seemingly ordinary scenes.

In France, Paul explained, good cooking was regarded as a combination of national sport and high art, and wine was always served with lunch and dinner. "The trick is moderation, " he said.

When you can see God in small things, you'll see God in all things.

We also serve who only punctuate.

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.

Use your time to bathe yourself in the gift. Move your hand across the canvas. Go to museums. Make this into an obsession.

I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over.

Each time a barrier falls for one person, the doors of opportunity open wider for every other American.

Anyone can practice some nonviolence, even soldiers. Some army generals, for example, conduct their operations in ways that avoid killing innocent people; this is a kind of nonviolence.

I find acting tough, but sitting around chatting - that's easy.

Embarrassment has a lot to do with thinking too much. Let it go. Nobody cares as much as you think they do.

I never made promises lightly There may have been some that I've broken But I swear in the days still left We will walk in fields of gold