In America, you look at food as bad and guilty. In France, we love food and we enjoy food; food is pleasure.
Expensive clothes with inappropriate or inexpensive shoes may send an unflattering message.
Nothing but beauty and douceur.
French women don’t eat Wonder Bread.
If you believe you can shed pounds quickly by force of will and deprivation, you will in all likelihood not only regain the ones you lost, but add a few more besides.
I’m not a great consumer. I always ask myself, ‘Do I really need that piece?’ I have friends who have 300 pairs of shoes; how would you leave the house in the morning?
I love my kitchen. For Manhattan, I have a rather decent-size kitchen, and it has an opening that gives out to the dining room, which has a window with a view of the city and in the distance the Statue of Liberty.
Being and working in America, it’s very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it’s slow-moving and it’s not always good.
With technology, there is so much isolation with people now, that there are very few places where you can connect.
We women are so judged by the way we dress, and men are not. So style is part of developing your own brand.
We only have one body, and you have to show respect for it.
There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss.
Once a day, take some ‘Beach Time.’
French women know one can go far with a great haircut, a bottle of champagne, and a divine perfume.
The French, on average, sleep nine hours a day.
For this reason, three months is the usual time to find your way. But you must enjoy the ride.
Gastronomic boredom leads to lots of unhealthy eating. If you don’t make improvisation and experimentation part of your eating life, you are sure to find yourself in an eating rut.
Doctors recommend swimming for the heart, the back, the morale, and the waistline.
Entertaining is an act of friendship and cooking is an act of love.
A woman should wear fragrance wherever she expects to be kissed.
Erica Jong believes “gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.