Sophie Dahl

I have nothing against a good facelift.

— Sophie Dahl

I love cooking fish pies.

— Sophie Dahl

I have a great deal of admiration for my mum.

— Sophie Dahl

There is nothing better than a proper breakfast.

— Sophie Dahl

My grandmother is really awful sometimes.

— Sophie Dahl

I was an only child until I was six.

— Sophie Dahl

I come from a family of greedy food lovers.

— Sophie Dahl

I had a fantastic time as a model.

— Sophie Dahl

I get asked about my weight endlessly. There is no story. It doesn't merit so much talk.

— Sophie Dahl

I didn't finish my A-levels so there was always a part of me that wanted to be taken seriously.

— Sophie Dahl

If I had to become a food I would be a pineapple. Spiky, but quite sweet really.

— Sophie Dahl

I was lucky because my upbringing was so eccentric. It has helped me cope with unreal situations.

— Sophie Dahl

I do love cooking, but our kitchen is nothing fancy or hi-tech.

— 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 have become that middle-aged woman who listens to the 'Hamilton' soundtrack in my kitchen.

— Sophie Dahl

My mother Tessa married my stepfather, James, when I was three and we lived in Boston for a year.

— 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…

— Sophie Dahl

Because I cook a lot, I wanted to write a recipe book, really incorporating the message that you don't have to starve…

— Sophie Dahl

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

— Sophie Dahl

My siblings and I had a loving but very chaotic and muddled childhood, and as a result we have sought out lives…

— Sophie Dahl

I have always been tall. When I was five, I towered above all the boys in my class, so it is something…

— Sophie Dahl

My mother tells this joke about how when I was little I used to say, 'Mummy, all I want is a stable…

— Sophie Dahl

My childhood was such an odd one, but with such magic, and the quirky grown-ups who were in it managed to still…

— Sophie Dahl

I think everyone goes through a phase of longing to be little - I always wanted to be a girl who could…

— Sophie Dahl

My younger sister, Clover arrived three days before my seventh birthday and I wanted to sell her. I'd had my mother, stepfather,…

— Sophie Dahl

My mother, all of her sisters and my siblings all went through a stage from the age of about 15 to 19…

— Sophie Dahl

It was a really lucky childhood and while, yeah, there were bits of darkness, which is known about because my mother has…

— Sophie Dahl

The problem with life is, we often do things that will ultimately be self-destructive and make us unhappy, yet in that moment…

— Sophie Dahl

I was an odd mixture of quite theatrical and shy.

— Sophie Dahl

I'd love to master another language properly.

— Sophie Dahl

My grandfather loved the countryside.

— Sophie Dahl

In my family, we were all rather plump as teenagers.

— Sophie Dahl

I am not ashamed to admit that I'm wearing Yves Saint Laurent from top to toe.

— Sophie Dahl

I go out to dinner occasionally and that's the sum of my dating life.

— Sophie Dahl

I've got to confess... I do feel slightly like I've been born in the wrong time.

— Sophie Dahl

I'm naturally greedy and would end up the size of a house if I ate all I wanted all of the time.

— Sophie Dahl

Starving isn't sexy. What's sexy is a healthy appreciation for food.

— Sophie Dahl

My relationship with food has always been uncomplicated.

— Sophie Dahl

I eat very simple food, really. A lot of it tending towards nursery food.

— Sophie Dahl

I've started to read more factual books, partly because I didn't go to university.

— Sophie Dahl