If we make it national policy that we will support small farmers the way we support agribusiness, we'll suddenly see it change in terms of the cost of organic food.

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

...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.

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

When we are no longer children we are already dead

Love shouldn’t require Windex to be clear. It either is or it isn’t.

Regrettable was the gallantry of great men who risked themselves for others.

I'm sure a psychologist would see something highly significant in how absent-minded I am. I mean I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to my neck by muscles, ligaments and my esophagus.

What makes you so lavish that you can afford to spend every sober moment feeling angry and bored?

Man shows his character best in trifles.

I was stained by failure.

Profit is the celebration of service.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

I love theater. I go all the time. It's one of the reasons I moved to New York. But I understand that I have limited range as an actor. I can only play people who talk like me.