Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of, and use them to embellish and define characters. Cassandra Clare
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
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