Diane Mott Davidson Quotes & Sayings

In a deep sexy voice, she said Windows don't turn me on.
I raised an eyebrow at her, Mac user? — Diane Mott Davidson

I told the caterer I'd work for nothing if he'd teach me about catering. I lasted one week full-time. It was exhausting. — Diane Mott Davidson

The main thing I look for in a recipe is taste, which is different from caterers and restaurants, who first ask 'How does it look?' — Diane Mott Davidson

I write in the morning - and then I'm always experimenting and tasting recipes for the books. — Diane Mott Davidson

I like cream cheese in just about anything. — Diane Mott Davidson

Sometimes you have to fight fire with a blowtorch — Diane Mott Davidson

After I outlined 'Catering to Nobody,' I went and worked for a caterer. And the other thing I had to do was to talk to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department about how they investigated a crime. — Diane Mott Davidson

What one's goal should be is just to become a better writer and to tell different kinds of stories. — Diane Mott Davidson

Catering is extremely demanding financially and physically. It's a business. — Diane Mott Davidson

When I make a recipe for the first time and it's fabulous, I know I'm in trouble because I don't know exactly what I did, and I can't replicate it. — Diane Mott Davidson

In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime. — Diane Mott Davidson

What a gift to have a son. — Diane Mott Davidson

I'm always astonished to see how badly people can behave when they think no one is noticing. — Diane Mott Davidson

I wanted to be a literary writer, so I wrote story after story and sent them to 'The New Yorker.' — Diane Mott Davidson

When I started to write culinary mysteries, I did it because nobody was doing it anymore. — Diane Mott Davidson

You can't buy what you want. It all comes as a gift. — Diane Mott Davidson

Writing is work and cooking is relaxing. — Diane Mott Davidson

The thing is, if you make best-sellerdom your goal, you're going to be in trouble. It's a very nice thing to have happen, but if one makes that a goal like, say, a literary writer has the goal of getting the Pulitzer Prize, that's so unpredictable. — Diane Mott Davidson

One thing that improved my cooking skills was being a poor student in California ... If you don't have much money, you have to learn to cook. — Diane Mott Davidson