Rice is the best, the most nutritive and unquestionably the most widespread staple in the world.

Original, in French: La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur. English: Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.

Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.

The greatest dishes are very simple.

Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite.

People who do not accept the new, grow old very quickly.

Indeed, stock is everything in cooking. Without it, nothing can be done.

Good food is the basis of true happiness

Above all, keep it simple.

So long as people don't know how to eat they will not have good cooks.

Of all the items on the menu, soup is that which exacts the most delicate perfection and the strictest attention.

There are days we all live with defensive thoughts in our mind. Without losing these thoughts we can’t totally be ourselves, and enjoy life's freedom of the heart.

I loved making Pure Country. It was a great learning experience for me, seeing another part of the entertainment industry.

The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The thrilling adventure never ends.

I don't want to go and start trying to make jokes in places like India, Tanzania or Iraq. Afghanistan is not a funny place.

I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I'm too old, it's too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.

I have three goddaughters - I'm not sure why they trust me, because I have no experience with children - but I try.

I calmed myself by walking into my nearby bookstore and marveling at all the books other people had written. So many people had finished and published novels; it couldn’t be so hard, right?

Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on the cat.

It's better to create something that others criticise than to create nothing and criticise others. Go create, have fun!!

Is there any evidence to the contrary? I don't need certainty in order to act on a well-founded suspicion.