Alexandra Stoddard

You can't be a resource for others unless you nourish yourself.

My mantra is: Let there be happiness in my soul, and let me share it with the world.

I get all dressed up in fuchsia, looking like a clown, and show pretty pictures to people.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, women will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is.

There are so many impassioned winemakers. I think there are more impassioned winemakers than chefs.