Quotes About Author

You know I'm a bit of a dag because I listen to classical music. I recently bought myself an iPod and downloaded every piece of classical music that I had access to onto that.

My husband is a former rocker and in charge of our humungous music collection, and I've recently been asking him for classical music.

I heard David Sedaris read live recently which was a complete delight. Few writers make me laugh out loud on the bus. He does.

I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception.

I think the greatest reward you get as a writer is finding that people who are reasonably receptive and intelligent have liked your book.

Whatever appreciation I've got despite the limited work I have done has been great. People have been receptive, and I think it's a privilege to have earned this respect.

The best part about an actor is that they should firstly be receptive and secondly be expressive.

I'm glad that Singaporeans were receptive to my message and have elected me to serve as their president.

We got into a recession because the global economy went into the recession and we're a big exporting nation.

I don't think there will be a recession as a result of a vote to leave.

There are so many things that come into writing a recipe, and it's really important if you're writing for home cooks to be cooking like you are at home.

Writing with a film in mind - writing like a screenplay - is a sureshot recipe for disaster.

I understand the frustration provoked by our broken immigration system. But 50 state immigration policies are just a recipe for more chaos.

I do think there is continuing sense in people buying recipe books from somebody they trust.

When my novel 'Beach Music' came out in 1995, I had included a couple of recipes in the book and had tried to impart some of my love of Roman cuisine and the restaurants of Rome.

When I wrote 'Fast Food My Way' in 2004, I hoped that my friends would prepare my recipes. Now, more people cook from that book than any other I've written in the past 30 years.

I have been collecting recipes and information for over 20 years, but three years ago, my editor said to me, 'You're a walking encyclopedia of food, so why don't you do an encyclopedia?'

I love the 'Barefoot Contessa' cookbooks - they're so nicely done, and her recipes are beautiful and simple.

In the same way that I've no desire to live in earlier historical periods, I never touch historical recipes. Most historical cooking is detestable.

India is more of an aid recipient than a provider of aid.

The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.

I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who's to say anybody's even thinking of you that much? But some of these movies that I've done, people still recite lines to me, even 20 years later.

Werdum's open to being knocked out in any fight because he's so reckless, but that's also what makes him so damn dynamic.

Bill Clinton has done some incredibly reckless, irresponsible things as president. But his campaign to expand Medicare entitlements has to rank among the worst.