335 Quotes by Julia Child

"...the average Frenchman would shrug, as if to say: "These notions of yours are all very fascinating, no doubt, but we make a decent living. Nobody has ulcers. I have time to work on my monograph about Balzac, and my foreman enjoys his espaliered pear trees. I think as a matter of fact, we do not wish to make the changes that you suggest."

"Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need."

"...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing."

"Until I discovered cooking, I was never really interested in anything."

"In France, Paul explained, good cooking was regarded as a combination of national sport and high art, and wine was always served with lunch and dinner. "The trick is moderation," he said."

"If variety is the spice of life, then my life must be one of the spiciest you ever heard of. A curry of a life. -Paul Child"

"...The more I learned the more I realized how very much one has to know before one is in-the-know at all."

"I discovered that when one follows the artist's eye one sees unexpected treasures in so many seemingly ordinary scenes."

"Julie's cookery is actually improving," Paul wrote Charlie [his twin]. "I didn't quite believe it would, just between us, but it really is. It's simpler, more classical.... I envy her this chance. It would be such fun to be doing it at the same time with her."

"I had come to the conclusion that I must really be French, only no one had ever informed me of this fact. I loved the people, the food, the lay of the land, the civilized atmosphere, and the generous pace of life."