Paris Can Wait

Not all things are meant to be.

— You know, unlike smoking, there are studies that say that chocolate is good for you.
— You Americans always have to have a reason for everything. We eat what we enjoy.

I remember going into the garden with my mother and picking tomatoes... Really ripe, red ones in August. Bringing them into the kitchen, still warm from the sun. She'd put slices on fresh bread, add good olive oil, sea salt and fresh ground pepper and say: "Jacques, you'll never eat better". She was right. The best food in the world is straight from the garden with very little done to it. Authentic.

— This cheese is made from unpasteurized milk. It's alive and very healthy. Your cheese in America is pasteurized. It's dead. It goes into your stomach like a ball of fat.
— Is that why you French people can eat all the butter and cheese you want and never gain weight?
— Yes, and we drink more red wine. Of course, we are more romantic.

A deal offer is like a souffle. It's all about timing.

When I see the first new moon,
faint in the twilight... I think of the moth eyebrows
of a girl I saw only once.

Food is good for the soul.

The changing of the moon reminds me that life and business have cycles. Sometimes full, and sometimes not.

Mozart... We couldn't do better! So let's pretend we don't know where we're going or even who we are.