Julia Child

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.

I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.

Someone may offer you a freshly caught whole large fish, like a salmon or striped bass. Don't panic - take it!

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

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.

I am happy to the spokeswoman for this French youth that tomorrow will be spearhead new hope in the shape of the National Front.