All Frances Mayes Quotes
- Everything I pick up seems to lure me away. Everything I do in my daily life begins to feel like striking wet matches. The need… Airport
- Travel releases spontaneity. You become a godlike creature full or choice, free to visit the stately pleasure domes, make love in the morning, sketch a… Aspect
- Where you are is who you are. The further inside you the place moves, the more your identity is intertwined with it. Never casual, the… Casual
- The urge to travel feels magnetic. Two of my favorite words are linked: departure time. And travel whets the emotions, turns upside down the memory… Bank
- I find that other countries have this or this, but Italy is the only one that has it all for me. The culture, the cuisine,… All
- I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had… America
- Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I… Basil
- I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill.… Born
- Living in a small Italian hilltown, and having lived in a small town in south Georgia, I understand that you can recognize a family gene… Eyebrow
- I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything else that seemed… Anything Else
- I think I went to Italy initially for the art, architecture, food and history, but I stayed there because of the people in Cortona. Architecture
- The longer you are in a place, the more you get under its layers. Layers
- In America, people are just so straightforward when they dislike things. America