There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity.
Nigella Lawson

I don't like conflict.
Nigella Lawson

There is a vast difference between how things seem from the outside and how they feel on the inside.
Nigella Lawson

I need to be frightened of things. I hate it, but I must need it, because it's what I do.
Nigella Lawson

On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child.
Nigella Lawson

People who have fabulous childhoods have this sense that nothing is ever going to be that good again. With me, I have the sense that nothing is going to be that bad.
Nigella Lawson

I know the crew so well, so I forget I'm being filmed. It's like cooking with a friend in the kitchen - you're talking, as you do, and maybe you're telling her about this wonderful way to prepare lamb chops - it's more natural, more honest.
Nigella Lawson

I think maybe when you live with someone who is really very ill for a long time, it somehow gives you more of a greedy appetite for life and maybe, yes, you are less measured in your behaviour than you would otherwise be.
Nigella Lawson