Cooking saved my life! Sure, there were some miserable moments, but that was sort of the point, to find something challenging and consuming enough to…

- Julie Powell

So the end may be a long time coming, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a way of sneaking up on you.

- Julie Powell

Maybe I needed to make like a potato, winnow myself down, be part of something that was not easy, just simple.

- Julie Powell

There are times with your friends when you just have to put their whole mess out of your mind for a while.

- Julie Powell

Doors are going to open-doors you can't even imagine exist.

- Julie Powell

Metz's Perfection chronicles with lapidary precision one woman's climb back to happiness after not just a spouse's death, but also the shocking recog…

- Julie Powell

The nice thing about having a friend who is crazier than you are is that she bolsters your belief in your own sanity.

- Julie Powell

If there's a sexier sound on this planet than the person you're in love with cooing over the crepes you made for him, I don't know what it is.

- Julie Powell

Physically it's exhausting to cook every night. Existentially speaking, I have so much more energy having that time to myself in this project, this g…

- Julie Powell