Claire Saffitz Quotes

A good meal is very important to me. When I have a bad meal, especially out, it's like I'm sitting in an airport during a flight delay. It's a part of my life I can't get back.

The old saying, 'An army marches on its stomach' has never been more true than in film and television. If it's good, cheerful, and exciting and full of great yummy things, then everyone does really well. If it's the opposite, it's very disappointing.

I hate meeting my favorite bands because then it just ruins it.

I sometimes think I cannot write another passage about a disappointing meal ever again, because I've done it so many times.

Not like Chinese food, where you eat it and then you feel hungry an hour later.

'Prince of Persia' just didn't turn out to be what I thought it was going to be.

The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program.

If you don't like airline food, you'll probably have the same impression of space station food. I would not fly to space for the food.

I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it.

Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie.

I don't distinguish the music I listen to from great music - it's just music. There shouldn't be an announcement that divides our food between what tastes good and what is good for us.

If I am in a beautiful place, but I don't like the people, I am miserable.

When I eat oatmeal, I'm hungry by 10 A.M., but pho is a great way to start the day.

In general in New York, we all eat like kings. Insane quality, mind-blowing variety, at all price ranges.

I hate when there's a deleted scene on a DVD with no explanation, or you have to go out of your way to find an alternate audio track.

A food's value is based on how good it tastes.

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

I'm the person who wouldn't send back my food even if I got steak when I'd ordered fish.

I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.

Very rarely does food enhance the conversation. If the food is really good, there'll be much less conversation because you'd be concentrating too much on the food.

Don't just eat McDonald's, get something a bit better. Eat a salad. That's what fashion is. It's something that is a bit better.

It ends up being a terrible movie if you try and please everyone.

The few times in my life where I had four or five movies in a row, it was a nightmare. I felt trapped. I felt like my life was planned for a year and a half or two years, and it was terrible. Most of the time, everything collapsed.

When you taste a mango in the United States, it's just tasteless.

The indie movie world is like a bad Tinder date, and there are always strings attached.