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" The best divorce is the kind where there are no children. That was my first divorce. You walk out the door and you never look back. "

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" I go through periods where I work a great deal at all hours of the day whenever I am around a typewriter, and then I go through spells where I don't do anything. I just sort of have lunch - all day. I never have been able to stick to a schedule. I work when there is something due or when I am really excited about a piece. "

" Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own. "

" If only I had grown up worshipping Julia Child. I was already grown up - thank you very much - when Julia Child's book was published. When I moved to New York in 1962, you had to own it. "

" What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don't know. It is a great mystery to all of us. "

" My second divorce was the worst kind of divorce. There were two children; one had just been born. My husband was in love with someone else. "

" I don't have writer's block, really. I do have times when I can't get the lead, and that is the only part of the story which I have serious trouble with. I don't write a word of the article until I have the lead. It just sets the whole tone - the whole point of view. "

" Everything matches black, especially black. "

" Every 10 years or so, there was a moment when I'd say, even subconsciously, 'Is that all there is?' You've got to find ways to keep it fresh for yourself. "

" Your hair doesn't need to be washed every day any more than your black pants have to be dry-cleaned every time you wear them. "

" One good thing I'd like to say about divorce is that it sometimes makes it possible for you to be a much better wife to your next husband because you have a place for your anger - it's not directed at the person you're currently with. "

" I'm religious about salted butter. I don't understand how it happened that everyone thought we should all have sweet butter. I blame the French. "

" I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are. "

" I'm a good cook, and I look at something like 'Iron Chef' and think, 'It's a good thing I already know how to cook' - because I would never think I could do it if I watched these shows. "

" Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy. "

" I have always thought it was a terrible shame that the women's movement didn't realise how much easier it was to reach people by making them laugh than by shaking a fist and saying, 'Don't you see how oppressed you are?' "

" I buy a lot of cookbooks. Some of them you just kind of read, and you try one recipe, and it doesn't really work. So then you don't go back to it. The new Ina Garten cookbook, which is called 'Back to Basics,' I have not had a failure with. It is the most fantastic cookbook. I think I bought 20 copies of it for friends. "

" One of the best things about directing movies, as opposed to merely writing them, is that there's no confusion about who's to blame: you are. "

" Food was supposed to be a slightly bigger part of 'Heartburn,' and it actually didn't turn out to be because of me. I just didn't find a way to make it a bigger part of the movie as I should have, and we cut several scenes in which food was a major character. "

" At the age of 55, you will get a saggy roll just above your waist, even if you are painfully thin. "

" Directing movies is the best job there is, that's all. I can hardly say a word after that. It's just a great job. "

" Writing is what I do. It's like breathing to me at a certain point, but if I couldn't write, I do like cooking. "

" Washington is a city of important men and the women they married before they grew up. "

" With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the child's problems will never be important enough for a television movie. "

" Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine. "

" When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. "

" Here are some questions I am constantly fretting over: Do you splurge, or do you hoard? Do you live every day as if it's your last, or do you save your money on the chance you'll live 20 more years? Is life too short, or is it going to be too long? "

" Everyone loves fried chicken, Don't ever make it. Ever. Buy it from a place that makes good fried chicken. "

" Denial has been a way of life for me for many years. I actually believe in denial. "

" I was always proud of being tough-minded, and I think I still am, but in my old age I've got a little softer in the head, and that's all right. "