“Just because you eat doesn't mean you eat smart. It's hard to beat a $...” — Mario Batali Quote

Just because you eat doesn't mean you eat smart. It's hard to beat a $1.99 wing pack of three at a fast-food restaurant - it's so cheap - but that wing pack isn't feeding anyone, it's just pushing hunger back an hour.

I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.

I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.

The Hamptons are usually filled with what I had hoped to leave behind in New York City.

I made 'Prozac Nation' necessary reading because I write necessarily. I tell my story because it is about everyone else: in 1993, people took pills to relieve the pain just like they do now, but it scared them; it doesn't any more, because talk is not cheap at all - it is tender.

Failures are cheap if you do them first. Failures are expensive if you do them at the end.

The common intuition is that e-books should be cheap because they aren't physical - no printing, no shipping.

One doesn't have to resort to cheap imitations of characters or people around you to make others laugh. At least, that is what I've always believed in.