Mother Quotes by Sophie Dahl

I think with girls you have a real responsibility in terms of how you discuss the physical. Talking about your looks or body in…

— Sophie Dahl

I certainly wouldn't feel safe telling people I was writer.

— Sophie Dahl

When I modeled, my name always came with a preface: 'the voluptuous Sophie Dahl.' I was the anti-waif, as round as a Rubens.

— Sophie Dahl

When I was a child, I named my rabbit Pancake and my guinea pig Maple Syrup.

— Sophie Dahl

It is hard finding clothes that fit. At the German Vogue shoot most of the clothes were undone at the back.

— Sophie Dahl

I have a great deal of admiration for my mum.

— Sophie Dahl

When I began modelling I was completely unprepared for the onslaught of curiosity it carried with it.

— Sophie Dahl

Fashion should be about making clothes that make all women look beautiful, not making women starve so that they can fit in a size 8.

— Sophie Dahl

I was an odd mixture of quite theatrical and shy.

— Sophie Dahl

How I view my body hasn't been uncomplicated, but that was because my body was discussed and dissected at great length in a very…

— Sophie Dahl

I know part of nostalgia is romanticising the past, but I love doing things in a slower way, and the glamour of bygone eras.

— Sophie Dahl

My grandfather loved the countryside.

— Sophie Dahl

I wasn't lonely as a child. I was the eldest of four and always had lots of people around me.

— Sophie Dahl

I like routine, and cooking became a ritual when I was modelling in New York. My life was nomadic, so making supper felt like…

— Sophie Dahl

I'm sure there were people who were disappointed that I got slimmer, but as one gets older one does often get a bit thinner.…

— Sophie Dahl