Quotes from Janet Evanovich

Inspiration is easy. The hard part is getting the inspiration onto 300 pages in an interesting, cohesive, easy-to-read but hard-to-forget story.

I love Sherri Shepherd as Lula.

I always felt once it goes into movie land, the book belongs to someone else.

I'm a real voyeur.

Honey, a man can't keep his gun in a cookie jar. It just isn't done.

He's a good man," Ranger said. "And you?" "I'm better.

Did you take Joyce's engine?' 'My instructions were to disable the car, but one of the men bet Hal a burger he couldn't get the engine out. So Hal removed the engine.

THERE ARE SOME MEN who enter a woman's life and screw it up forever. Joseph Morelli did this to me—not forever, but periodically.

I wasn't sure exactly how prostitutes determined price, but if men bought hookers by the pound, these two would be doing okay.

Since I write in first person and have no idea what goes on in men's heads.

Does your mother know that you're carrying a gun? I'm going to tell her. I'm going to call and tell her right now." Joe Morelli's mom

I think money isn't any good sitting around, so I spend some time in the shoe department at Saks.

If God had wanted me to lose weight he would have made sure there was creamed spinach for dessert.

Well, sure, but I don't bring God into it. I think shower massage might have been invented by the devil. God invented the missionary position.

As long as he has a house with two bathrooms. I swear to God, I don't care if he's Jack the Ripper.

-You're gloating, Max. It's not flattering. Somebody needs to teach you a little humility.- -A good woman could do that.- -She'd have to be armed and dangerous.-

This is war,' I yelled through the door. Lucky for me,' Morelli said. 'I give good war.

Good thing he's dead," Lula said, "or that would have hurt like the devil.

He asked me if I had adequate health insurance.

Yeah, I like that idea. Maybe he'll shoot at us again. I was hoping someone would shoot at me today. That was the first thing I said when I got up: Boy, I hope I get shot at today.

Stephanie, I'm begging you. Eat some doughnuts. I can't keep going like this." - Morelli

We don't appreciate the value of humor sometimes.

You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out.

Either get out of bed or else take your clothes off," he said. "I'm not in the mood to compromise.