Frances Mayes What has impressed me the most about the Italians whose tables we’ve sat at is that they are traditional cooks but also outrageously innovative. These people are wild improvisers. – Frances Mayes Cooks Quotes Impressed Quotes Improvisers Quotes Innovative Quotes Italians Quotes Outrageously Quotes People Quotes Sat Quotes Tables Quotes Traditional Quotes Wild Quotes When I was twelve, I started reading Eudora Welty, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O’Connor, James Agee, and – do we dare breathe the name – William Faulkner. Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I did was put my little basil plants in the ground and watch them turn into big, healthy bushes.
Julie Chen I want people to understand that there are Asians born with the crease I had surgically done to my eyes, so the goal was never to look less Asian. – Julie Chen
Douglas Brunt Don’t copy another writer’s style, because that is not authentic, and that’s how it will sound. You develop your style over your whole life and through countless influences. Don’t impose something artificial. – Douglas Brunt
Mohsin Hamid We need a self because the complexity of the chemical processes that make up our individual humanities exceeds the processing power of our brains. – Mohsin Hamid
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Any natural, normal human being, when faced with any kind of loss, will go from shock all the way through acceptance. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Dennis Skinner I often think now I’m a lot older, what would have happened if I was born in the middle of the city, where there was a drama class. – Dennis Skinner
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