I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more difficult is to identify with someone you don't see, who's very far away, who's a different color, who eats a different kind of food. When you begin to do that then literature is really performing its wonders.
Copy QuotePart of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
Copy Quote View & ShareYou better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.
Copy Quote View & ShareEating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.
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