"I was very lucky that someone gave me this as my first cookbook. David doesn't give a lot in terms of the recipes - "take a handful and throw it in the pan with some garlic" - so you have to think for yourself. And then you figure it out."

"I trust him as a writer. It was a new book, and I didn't know about the Lusitania. I was totally satisfied when I was finished. It was like I was able to picture a lot of the faces, the passengers, the captain. You could almost see them."

"I was honored to be in this wonderful Denzel Washington movie called The Great Debaters. I liked that movie not just because I was in it, but because I learned a lot from it. I didn’t know about the rich history of all-black colleges back in the 1930s."

"“I’ve always read a lot, but I seemed to be going through books and nothing was happening. I read On The Road three years ago when we were just starting to travel and that was the first moment I’d read a book that was really connecting with my life.”"

"I've been reading such a lot about the awful way Kesha has been treated by her record company, and just how difficult it still is for women to be heard when they speak out about abuse. So I include this in her honor and to wish her well."