Mary Kay Andrews
6 quotes
Biography
Mary Kay Andrews is the pen name of American writer Kathy Hogan Trocheck, based in Atlanta, Georgia, who has authored a number of best-selling books under the Andrews pen name since 2002.
"Don’t never depend on somebody else to take care of you, sugar. Trust in the Lord, and then you just take care of yourself, and things will work out fine."
"Never, ever ask a former clergyman to say the blessing over a holiday dinner. Not if you like your dinner warm, anyway."
"I may be furious and sad about what happened with us, but that doesn't make me believe that what we had wasn't real. And it doesn't make me believe that I won't find something that real again."
"I was supposed to be working on 'The Weekenders,' but I was blocked. I got this crazy idea that I would make Christmas stockings out of blankets."
"For a writer, capturing that elusive Christmas morning magic can be deeply problematic."
"I wasn't always overweight. I was a skinny little punk of a kid with severe asthma. When I got married at the age of 22, I wore a cut-down size eight wedding gown."