• On the Top Chef Emmy nomination: "[It] was a big f***ing deal."
  
  
• On life after her divorce from husband Salman Rushdie: "I'm really f***ing sad."
  
  
• On writing her new cookbook: "Finishing the f***ing book was like being in labor for two years!"
  
  
• On hosting dinner party: "I pulled this out of my ass."
  
  
• Talking to Harvey Weinstein about her charity event: "I'm an ambassador now for Keep a Child Alive and we're doing a campaign and an event and you should buy a f***ing table." Weinstein's smiling response: "I will buy a f***ing table."
  
  
• Responding to Russell Simmons who asked if she had a boyfriend: "No, I don't," Padma said, laughing, "and if I did, I couldn't tell you. My husband would call f***ing Reuters."
  
  
• On tabloid coverage of her romance with Salman Rushdie and her bra size: "[A gossip column] ran an item saying we were together and they ran my bra size," said Padma, laughing. "Except they got it wrong-they said it was 36C. I said, 34C, motherf***er!"
  
  
• On her current living situation: "Now I'm staying in a hotel with all my shit in storage."