Ruth Reichl Life Quotations

M. F. K. Fisher was a wonder and a huge influence, and someone I got to know pretty well at the end of her life.

Life is so endlessly delicious

'Comfort Me with Apples' is a love story, or better, two love stories. And since it deals with a later period in my life, most of the people who appear in it are living.

Let's face it: my life tends to revolve around food, and I love feeding people.

I think of fiction as the highest calling. I'm kind of addicted to it. It's the thing that has gotten me through all the hard points in my life.

My mother started out by being a very good girl. She did everything that was expected of her, and it cost her dearly. Late in her life, she was furious that she had not followed her own heart; she thought that it had ruined her life, and I think she was right.

You can be a decent critic if you know about food, but to be a really good one, you need to know about life.

The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness.