I find it so unattractive when women wear sneakers with their business suits. I wear a nice pair of loafers or low-heeled pumps, and that's that.
When I grew up in France, I was a normal size. And then I came to the United States and I gained 20 pounds.
Once you have to start counting calories, it takes away from the joy of eating.
Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good.
Scientifically, it has been proven that after three bites, your palate has been satisfied. It doesn't matter what you eat. So if you eat one boule of ice cream, that's all you need. You don't have to eat pint after pint after pint.
People are unhappy when they are on diets, because it's 'don't do this, don't do that, do this, do that.'
With technology, there is so much isolation with people now, that there are very few places where you can connect.
We women are so judged by the way we dress, and men are not. So style is part of developing your own brand.
Of course there are fat French women. There are fat people everywhere.
I've never been ambitious.
Make treating yourself a priority and always remember your life is happening now. Don't put off all your dreams and pleasures to another day. In any balanced personal definition of success there has to be a powerful element of living life in the present.
