Ruth Reichl Good Quotations

In really good times, you say, 'No, I'm not taking that ad.' But in bad times, you'll take anything.

You can be a decent critic if you know about food, but to be a really good one, you need to know about life.

My mother started out by being a very good girl. She did everything that was expected of her, and it cost her dearly. Late in her life, she was furious that she had not followed her own heart; she thought that it had ruined her life, and I think she was right.

My idea of management is that what your job is as the boss is to find really good people and empower them and leave them alone.

I loved being at the 'Times,' and they were incredibly good to me. I think it's a wonderful paper, and I was really well edited.

My idea of good living is not about eating high on the hog. Rather, to me, good living means understanding how food connects us to the earth.