Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.
The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.
The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness.