Andre Leon Talley Quotes

I like to think of myself as the host at a party, and, if everybody is having a good time, so much the better.

I'm a really good dinner party guest. I am always so appreciative, impressed that anyone has even managed to turn on the oven and cook for me.

We had cocktail parties and I'd stay up until 5 in the morning.

I throw 14 parties a week.

I love to cook and entertain.

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's gathering people together to do something fun.

If I had my way, I'd do all my entertaining on the front steps.

I'm part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it takes to get them to have a good time. When I walk into the meet-and-greet, someone's always going to have a story, a sad story or a happy story.

Although I may not know a lot about football, I do know a lot about food! As a result, not many people ask me to join their fantasy leagues, but they will come to me for suggestions on what to serve for guests for a weekly Sunday get-together.

If I host something, even if it's just dinner at my house, I like the event to move. So that means cocktails in the family room, and then moving outside and having appetizers on the patio, and then moving to dinner at the dining table. It's just the idea of the event being curated to every little detail.

I can't have a party without deviled eggs.

The cocktail party is probably America's greatest contribution to the world of entertaining.

Your home is a kind of a reflection of your family, your life, where you're at, where you want to be, so I love to entertain people in it.

I am a wonderful cook and I like hanging out with people.

The house is always full, and we're always cooking - outside, inside, for six, eight, a dozen, 20 people.

I love to have a dinner party. I love to have people over. I like the feeling it creates in my home - having guests laughing and telling their stories - and I put a lot of thought into it. I plan my menu kind of depending on whatever mood I'm in.

I love entertaining people! It's who I am.

We didn't invent anything new. Hospitality has been around forever.

My mom is a great entertainer.

I love cooking and having friends over for dinner, so a beautiful table to sit around is a must.

People like me as a host.

I cook a lot. For my friends - I do a lot of dinner parties and stuff.

I've always felt happiest entertaining.

He's perfect for anything. I would hire Hugh Jackman to come to my house and have dinner.

A cocktail party is what you call it when you invite everyone you know to come over to your house at six p.m., put cigarettes out on your rug, and leave at eight to go somewhere more interesting for dinner without inviting you.