Why not make a daily pleasure out a daily necessity.

Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman.

Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words.

Best advice I've ever received: Finish.

I'd rather live precariously in my own office than comfortably in somebody else's.

The English kill their meat twice: once when they slaughter it and once when they cook it.

No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.

Nowadays, if you have a journey, albeit a simple one, you consider yourself lucky if nothing happens.

You don't like it when a French housewife gets mad at you. If she gets steam behind her, she is an unstoppable creature.

There is nothing like a comfortable adventure to put people in a good humor. . .

Prescription for writer’s block: fear of poverty.

If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in poor company.

I'm an Asian guy growing up in London so I see myself as British, but India is part of my culture.

What does it matter, all is grace.

If you're cooking for someone important - whether it's your boss or a date - never try a new recipe and a new ingredient at the same time.

plot is character in action.

Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.

Why so scrawny, cat? Starving for fat fish or mice... Or backyard love?

I'm comfortable around just about everyone.

If a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not necessary to pull it out.

I try to preface everything with "this isn't new." Because most social movements have happened before and I get that. Nothing I'm doing is new.