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.

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.

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.

Stop making excuses and start doing what makes you profoundly happy!

Anger is fleeting, whereas hostility is enduring.

I'm still very careless about my public persona. Not careless so to speak but I'm not one for fame. I think fame is the worst part about it.

Existence is this, I thought, a start of joy, a stab of pain, an intense pleasure, veins that pulse under the skin, there is no other truth to tell.

I was the youngest of six kids, so yeah, feeding myself was important, but it's not like I was obsessed with food growing up.

...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing.

Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.

Be careful, boy. In some tales, the hero gets eaten by the monster after all .

Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not.

Some succeeded because they are destined to, but he succeeded because he was Determined to.