When I Passed Forty I Dropped Pretense,

One Must Learn To Care For Oneself First, So That One Can Then Dare To Care For Someone Else.

All My Work, My Life, Everything I Do Is About Survival, Not Just Bare, Awful, Plodding Survival, But Survival With Grace And Faith. While One May Encounter Many Defeats, One Must Not Be Defeated.

Writing And Cookery Are Just Two Different Means Of Communication.

Nothing Succeeds Like Success. Get A Little Success, And Then Just Get A Little More.

I Want To Be Representative Of My Race-the Human Race. I Have A Chance To Show How Kind We Can Be, How Intelligent And Generous We Can Be.