"Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal."
"I had to be frugal, thoughtful, resourceful. I didn't have anyone to tell me, 'You can't.' When you're young, you think you can do anything, and that was really a gift. That's why I can never understand someone telling me 'no' today. 'No' just isn't an option."
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