After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.
I don't think I've ever hosted anything in my life.
I don't throw a lot of parties. I find throwing parties a bit intimidating.
I just really love having dinner parties and hanging out.
It's stylish to have people over. But unstylish to make them bring food. It's so tacky, making everybody appear at the door with a dish. Better to order in, use a caterer or bring prepared food into your kitchen.
Now and again I'll bump into people and say, 'I'm a big fan of yours. Would you like to be in my sitcom?' And they say, 'Oh yes,' but when it comes to the booking, they don't want to do it.
Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of walking right in for coffee. But they wouldn't dream of interrupting you at golf.
I love when I throw a party and people get into it and and make an effort.
If you have a guy over, and there's a whole bunch of china from your wedding, it's not a good idea.
Dinner parties are still highly popular, and I believe they always will be.
I love cooking and having people over and it means you don't have to get a babysitter.
If any young men come for Mary or Kitty, send them in, for I am quite as leisure.
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.
Why invite you to dinner if I can't cook?
