MaryJanice Davidson

“I like the idea of federal employees licensed to carry weapons who are also heavily medicated; it just works for me on all sorts of levels.”

“When I first quit my day job, I was terrified. I called my editors and said I'm trying to make a go of this, and they threw every contract at me they could. And for two years, I had a book or an anthology out every month.”

“Leave it to a vampire to think a healthy guy in his late thirties or early forties was on his deathbed.”

“I'm more to my family than a wonderful, luminous cook. I'm also a wonderful, luminous butler and a wonderful, luminous chauffer. And checkbook. I'm a luminous checkbook, too.”

“I love traveling, but I love the bum I married, and the bums I gave birth to, more. And the dogs. I love them, too.”

“Magic: The Gathering is like Dungeons and Dragons if D&D was played with cards and didn't take 18 weeks.”

“Being a writer is great, and being a parent is great, and I hate Marching Band.”

“I'm really fortunate that I type 120 words a minute.”

“I'll cough up the bitter truth right now, at the risk of losing my Feminism Club Decoder Ring: I didn't go see 'Inside Out' for Amy Poehler, though she's terrific. I went to see my dark prince, Lewis Black.”

“He's all right. His hair is cute."Jonas froze, his lobster fork halfway to his mouth. " Oh my God, you're in love.""I'm not in love.""'his hair is cute'? You never say anything nice about anyone. Coming from you, cute hair is a mating call."" I talked to the guy for thirty seconds. And then he waved at me while i was in the tank.""Holy fuck, you're getting married, aren't you!"" Will you simmer. I certainly am not.”

“I guess you could say that no matter what the characters are enduring, I try to make them retain their humanity. Their self-absorbed, grouchy, selfish, aggravating humanity.”

“I'm a sucker for the big, gruff, distant, emotionally closed-off hero who sloooowly warms up to the feisty, awesome, sweet heroine.”