...in the end you are the only one who can make yourself happy. More important, ...it is never too late to find out how to do it.

Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.

Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a single perfect bite.

One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don't know how to do, to keep learning.

...it was so rich and exotic I was seduced into taking one bite and then another as I tried to chase the flavors back to their source.

Anyone who thinks they're too grown up or too sophisticated to eat caramel corn, is not invited to my house for dinner

She was a great cook, but she cooked more for herself than for other people, not because she was hungry but because she was comforted by the rituals of the kitchen.

It is not 'only' food, I said heatedly. There's meaning hidden underneath each dish.

When a person has lived generously and fought fiercely, she deserves more than sadness at the end.

Life is so endlessly delicious

I had done this. I had pulled my life apart. I would never, ever be safe again.

Security or opportunity

The last Christmas movie I really liked was 'It's a Wonderful Life, ' probably. It's sort of a schmaltzy movie, but it's not without its dark moments. It still gets to me every year.

The less experienced a doctor is, the higher are his notions of professional dignity . . .

It is great to work on different scripts with different directors who have different styles. You get so much experience from that.

There is no way to catch a snake that is as safe as not catching him.

Tell tales out of school.

A great pinot chases its own tail. You drink it and you just keep finding new tastes that go with it. My dream was to make a world-class pinot and learn more about other wines as well.

Playing a fashion designer could be the bane of my existence because I am married to a fashion designer.

For your own safety, do not ever tell an astrophysicist, I hope all your stars are twinkling.

My first payback to society in life, was The Dolphin Project.