Nigella Lawson: Quotes about feelings

Nigella Lawson is British food writer, journalist and broadcaster. Explore interesting quotes on feeling.
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“There are two Christmas traditions I've inherited from my mother. One is the feeling that Christmas isn't complete if you haven't got a ham as well as a turkey. It means that the leftovers are much better. And in a curious way, despite the fact that we're talking about Christmas and ham, it's a very Jewish thing to want to provide a huge spread. I always cook for eight, but make enough to feed 30…”

Nigella Lawson

As quoted in "An angel at our table" by Harriet Lane in The Guardian http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/houseandgarden/story/0,6000,412368,00.html (17 December 2000)

“I was shy as a child. Now I'm not really shy any more, unless I'm with shy people. I find it contagious and I don't know what to say. But I don't think shyness is something one should feel apologetic about.”

Nigella Lawson

A woman of extremes (2001)

“I am greedy. I eat under stress. When you are eating, the rest of the world is tuned out. And when you tune back in you feel guilty about having been greedy and the rest of the world is still there, so you have to carry on eating!”

Nigella Lawson

A woman of extremes (2001)

“I took a fortnight off. But I'm not a great believer in breaks. I don't want to be rattling around inside my own head. I did feel I was spiralling into a Kathy Burke character and tried going out, but I prefer it here. Filming keeps me busy. It absorbs me.”

Nigella Lawson

Regarding the death of her husband, John Diamond.
A woman of extremes (2001)

“Some people did take the domestic goddess title literally rather than ironically. It was about the pleasures of feeling like one rather than actually being one.”

Nigella Lawson

Regarding her second book, How to be a Domestic Goddess.
A woman of extremes (2001)