I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater. Nigella Lawson More Quotes by Nigella Lawson More Quotes From Nigella Lawson I am not sure about facelifts because I wouldn't want to be someone who just looks like she's had a facelift. Nigella Lawson literaturewantlooks Then again, they're not scripted and I feel it's virtually impossible to be anything but yourself when you're in front of the cameras and cooking so there is a measure of truth in what you see. Nigella Lawson camerascookingliterature Glamour really has to do with good lighting, doesn't it? Nigella Lawson glamourstylefashion Anyway, what makes people look youthful is the quality of their skin and I don't think you can change that. Nigella Lawson skinspeoplethinking Everyone wants to be young, beautiful and rich. I don't say that scornfully: there are worse things to want to be. But that's why, for example, people don't begrudge Kate Moss how much she earns for a day's work but will fulminate over the take-home pay of some fat, old Water Board exec. Nigella Lawson homebeautifulamerica I'm not much of a drinker. I'm an eater more than a drinker. So I feel that I don't have to wait to get a hangover in order to eat these. Nigella Lawson hangoverwaitingorder It's true that I wouldn't have written the first book had my sister and mother been alive. It was my way of continuing our conversation. It's also this Jewish thing of naming and remembering people, and I think there is a sense of keeping that side of life going. Nigella Lawson motherbookthinking I am determined that my children should have no financial security. It ruins people not having to earn money. Nigella Lawson should-havechildrenpeople At some stages of your life you will deal with things and at others you are overwhelmed with misery and anxiety. Nigella Lawson overwhelmedanxietyliterature You need a balance in life between dealing with whats going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over. Nigella Lawson life-balancebalanceneeds I think maybe when you live with someone who is really very ill for a long time, it somehow gives you more of a greedy appetite for life and maybe, yes, you are less measured in your behaviour than you would otherwise be. Nigella Lawson appetite-for-lifelongthinking Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true. Nigella Lawson messyemotionliterature I can understand why those primitive desert people think a camera steals their soul. It is unnatural to see yourself from the outside. Nigella Lawson soulpeoplethinking If I could go into the woods and kill a bear myself, I'd wear it proudly as a trophy. Nigella Lawson trophiesdumbfunny I never have plans for the future as you never know how things will turn out. Nigella Lawson turnsknow-howplans It s easier to impress someone than to give them pleasure. Nigella Lawson easierpleasuregiving You don't go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be. Nigella Lawson griefcondolencesgrieving There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity. Nigella Lawson vanityliterature In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect. Nigella Lawson literatureknowsfacts Tension translates to your guests. They'll have a much better time having chili and baked potatoes than they would if you did roast duck with a wild cherry sauce and then had to lie down and cry for a while. Nigella Lawson sauceduckslying
