“My mother Tessa married my stepfather, James, when I was three and we ...” — Sophie Dahl Quote

My mother Tessa married my stepfather, James, when I was three and we lived in Boston for a year.

When you meet someone who really sees you, it gives you the emotional freedom to pursue your dreams.

I should be allowed to be voluptuous or scrawny of my own volition, without people going on about it.

I have always been tall. When I was five, I towered above all the boys in my class, so it is something I have grown up with.

I was greedy and ate in that unselfconscious way teenagers do, constantly grazing and eating when I wasn't hungry.

In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program.

When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.

My later jobs as a waitress felt like a posh paradise after my first one at Boston Market.

You'd never believe how hard it is to find a wetsuit in Boston.

Boston and America is really resilient.