It's so important in marriage to let the little things go and let the pride go. Forgiveness is so important, and communication. Don't major on the minors.

There is a tradition in Southern cooking of recipes handed down for generations. And when I make my grandmother's strawberry pie I feel her right with me.

I have so many just precious, fond memories that revolve around food, and that's why I have such a passion for it.

I like to do special things for people. Any time someone has a birthday, I make them a really special cake that they all seem to love - it's a Coca-Cola cake.

My personal decorating style is cozy, romantic and a little rustic, with a sense of whimsy.

It's a wonderful fantasy, but it's not real. It's just watermelon magic.

When a woman dressjBS up for an occasion the man should become the black velvet pillow for the jewel.

Nobody ever becomes an expert parent. But I think good parenting is about consistency. It's about being there at big moments, but it's also just the consistency of decision making. And it's routine.

I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that, like you'd feel if you have a cold, so I didn't really think it was anything.

Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it's just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.

Sometimes we crash and burn. It's better to do it in private.

Still all the day the iron wheels go onward, Grinding life down from its mark.

I am persuaded that foolish writers and foolish readers are created for each other; and that fortune provides readers as she does mates for ugly women.

I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story.

I believe a lot in instinct. One should never dull it by wanting to know everything. One shouldn't ask too many questions but do what one does properly, never rush, and never torment oneself.