Fannie Flagg

In order to be Miss Anybody you had to have excellent grades, and I had terrible grades because of my dyslexia.

Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.

Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!

The thing about Paris, it's a great city for wandering around and buying shoes and nursing a cafe au lait for hours on end and pretending you're Baudelaire. But it's not a city where you can work.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

A quick shallow fry is a great way to transform leftovers, and no more so than in the case of risotto.