Diane Mott Davidson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“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?'”

“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.”

“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.”

“I wanted to be a literary writer, so I wrote story after story and sent them to 'The New Yorker.'”