Without the assistance of eating and drinking, the most sparkling wit would be as heavy as a bad soufflé, and the brightest talent as dull as a looking-glass on a foggy day.

It matters not how simple the food - a chop, steak or a plain boiled or roast joint, but let it be of good quality and properly cooked, and everyone who partakes of it will enjoy it.

Sauces in cookery are like the first rudiments of grammar - the foundation of all languages.

It seems the more we know, the less we believe.

I know love is real because I feel it.

You have to transmit to them what its like being in the theater. And it has to come from somewhere inside you and not by being like what somebody did last year.

We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness.

I personally feel like, if you're watching a film about war, you should get a sense of what it's really like.

There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.

We all go a little mad sometimes.

No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.

Some sit and watch the life; some sail to the sea and the life watches them!

Distance makes the heart grow fonder.