There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you lea….

You can always dream. Life is full of dreams that you can fulfill..

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti..

Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical..

Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now..

I have my own peculiar yardstick for measuring a man: Does he have the courage to cry in a moment of grief? Does he have the compassion not to hunt a….

Mistakes are the price of an interesting life..

I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0..

Good food is a celebration of life..

Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful..

My philosophy is that it's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all..

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner..

Any woman can look her best if she feels good in her skin. It's not a question of clothes or makeup. It's how she sparkles..

Isn't it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am.….

Being beautiful can never hurt, but you have to have more. You have to sparkle, you have to be fun, you have to make your brain work if you have one..

The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for..

My mother taught me the most important principles, to be determined in life, to be disciplined, to be able to understand that there are some things t….

There's no pleasure in working if you don't do the things you want to do..

Cooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets -- 'piccoli segreti' -- that are simmering on the burners..

You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think….

I know how to say 'no' in twelve languages. That's enough for a woman..