“I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. So...” — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Quote

“I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read.”

“If they aren't real enough to surprise me, then they aren't real enough to go on the page.”

“Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness.”

“Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.”

“Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the necessary isolation of writing.”

“I'm not a good collaborator in general.”

“I learned how to cook by making soups, so I was thinking of how to make the most eco-friendly and green way to make soup. Obviously, using water and vegetables from your garden is the most sustainable way.”

“I can cook anything.”

“I did all kind of jobs to sustain myself. I worked at a grocery store, in the public health department, and what was then Thomas Cook and Sons. The last job was particularly interesting, but I got fired from it.”

“I would want like, model-slash-actress-slash-designer-slash-mother-slash... cook! I just like having my finger in loads of pies all the time.”

“I come from a long line of women that cook. I love it, I grew up with it.”

“And if you had an, an opportunity to have a hot meal, you did. That was the cook. But you didn't stop and say, This is dinnertime and Oh wait it's five o'clock, it's time to eat for supper.”