25 Quotes by Diane Mott Davidson

Writing is work and cooking is relaxing.

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

I’m always astonished to see how badly people can behave when they think no one is noticing.

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.

I like cream cheese in just about anything.

Catering is extremely demanding financially and physically. It’s a business.

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

I’d kill to get into Stanford.” A you’ve-got-to-be-kidding laugh snorted across one of the dining tables at the headmaster’s house. “Start playing football,” whispered another voice. “Then they’ll kill to get you.

I wanted to be a literary writer, so I wrote story after story and sent them to ‘The New Yorker.’