No doubt there can be a shy, reserved side to…

No doubt there can be a shy, reserved side to Nigella Lawson - and some people interpret this as coldness - but it is not in evidence today. She seems flamboyant, if anything, and perhaps this is a persona she can slip in and out of (John Diamond once described her as ‘a gay man trapped in a woman’s body’).

Quotes about Lawson

Nigel Farndale in “A woman of extremes” in The Daily Telegraph (May 2001)

Other Nigella Lawson Quotes

My sister lives in New York and she was struck by how class-ridden the reviews were. Everyone had to mention that I’m posh. British people are obsessed by that. I said to John, ‘I’m not posh.’ Is my voice posh?” - View Quote Details on My sister lives in New York and she was struck…
I was shy as a child. Now I’m not really shy any more, unless I’m with shy people. I find it contagious and I don’t know what to say. But I don’t think shyness is something one should feel apologetic about. - View Quote Details on I was shy as a child. Now I’m not really…
I think sometimes that people assume because I’m on television I’m an expert, but I think the whole point of what I do is that I’m not and I don’t have any training. My approach isn’t about a fancy ingredient or style. I cook what I love to eat. - View Quote Details on I think sometimes that people assume because I’m on television…
Nigella inhabits a strange world of extremes: she has experienced extreme tragedy, extreme success and has the advantage of extreme beauty. - View Quote Details on Nigella inhabits a strange world of extremes: she has experienced…
I am greedy. I eat under stress. When you are eating, the rest of the world is tuned out. And when you tune back in you feel guilty about having been greedy and the rest of the world is still there, so you have to carry on eating! - View Quote Details on I am greedy. I eat under stress. When you are…
I used to refer to myself as Typhoid Mary. It wasn’t that I was jinxed, I just seemed to bring ill fortune to anybody I was close to. - View Quote Details on I used to refer to myself as Typhoid Mary. It…
While I am sure there are a number of women who secretly wonder whether they are lesbian, most simply have, somewhere, a fantasy about having sex, in a non-defining, non-exclusive way, with other women. - View Quote Details on While I am sure there are a number of women…
I don’t wear anything in bed. But I’m not ready for a nude scene quite yet. - View Quote Details on I don’t wear anything in bed. But I’m not ready…
I took a fortnight off. But I’m not a great believer in breaks. I don’t want to be rattling around inside my own head. I did feel I was spiralling into a Kathy Burke character and tried going out, but I prefer it here. Filming keeps me busy. It absorbs me. - View Quote Details on I took a fortnight off. But I’m not a great…
It’s true that I wouldn’t have written the first book had my sister and mother been alive. It was my way of continuing our conversation. It’s also this Jewish thing of naming and remembering people, and I think there is a sense of keeping that side of life going. - View Quote Details on It’s true that I wouldn’t have written the first book…