I wasn't lonely as a child. I was the eldest of four and always had lots of people around me. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
I'm sure there were people who were disappointed that I got slimmer, but as one gets older one does often get a… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
I should be allowed to be voluptuous or scrawny of my own volition, without people going on about it. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
I've started running since I had kids, and I've become one of those annoying people who likes running. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
I didn't like being a model. It feels weird to stand in your knickers in front of people you aren't married to. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
So much for the myth that motherhood is all Laura Ashley smocks and skipping through fields. People think it's rose-tinted and they… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
Some people get fat when they're miserable; certainly this was true of my teenage self, but as an adult, deliver me a… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I named my rabbit Pancake and my guinea pig Maple Syrup. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
It is hard finding clothes that fit. At the German Vogue shoot most of the clothes were undone at the back. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
When I began modelling I was completely unprepared for the onslaught of curiosity it carried with it. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image