"I think I took things to the extreme," DeZellar said. "If I was going to skewer someone, I really went all the way with that." -- "A Crash Course in Introspection," Los Angeles Times, July 22, 2007
"Make sure to point out photos of your travels or of family and friends. 'They make you look warm and connected, not like the guy from American Psycho,' says DeZellar. They're also conversation starters. One caveat: Keep Mom's mug out of the bedroom." -- "The Twelve Stages of Seduction," Men's Health, March 2007
"No one's every asked me if I've regretted writing about men without them knowing. The answer is: yes." -- Author Interview, Trashionista.com, February 7, 2007
"I will at least finish dinner with someone so it's a natural end point in the date. I'm assuming the guy is run-of-the-mill dull, not setting his hair on fire or shrieking offensive things at the waitress or anything." -- "How to End a Bad Date," Sam and the City, Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, November 2006
"And of course I love [Seattle] men: techs, artists ... and the ratio of guys to women is, like, three to one. If I had been in Los Angeles, I never would have thought to do a project like Dating Amy. Not because I wouldn't have been able to get any dates, but because I would have been at the beach." -- "Amy DeZellar Meets Seattle," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 16, 2006
I dish about overly well-endowed grocery store boys, the perils of never-married men over 35 and what really attracts men. "Men go for women who have fuck-off confidence mixed with openness and availability... Having big boobs probably doesn't hurt, either. -- "By the Numbers," Seattle Weekly Q&A, August 17, 2006
"The bloggers who are giving the rest of us a bad name are those who weren't really writers in the first place and just sort of became writers by virtue of getting published," [DeZellar] said. "A popular blog can get you a book, but not necessarily the talent to write one." -- "Popular blogs find their way to bookstore," Spokane Spokesman-Review, August 21, 2006
"Believe it or not my 'number' is still in the single digits and I'm a self-obsessed complainer, so I'm not much of a Good Time Girl in any sense of the phrase." -- Conversations with Famous Writers
"If she's leaning on the door and as soon as the car slows she jumps out, maybe don't go for a goodnight kiss." -- Amy with Kent & Alan, STAR 101.5, Seattle
"Guys I wrote about would complain 'I didn't really say that,' but then I'd write about that, too." -- Amy with Curt and Corine, STAR 101.5, Seattle
-- Mark Bolger and Kimberly Kay, WBWZ Poughkeepsie, New York
"We humans are very forgiving, plus we have short memories. The things that infuriated you about an ex fade at about the same rate as the memories of trips to the country and sipping wine by the fire become clearer—even if you never went to the country and don't have a fireplace." -- Lucid Forge, June 2006
"I censored things on the website a lot... I don’t think I censored enough in the book. I planned on editing it, and hoped someone would stop me, but ultimately no one did." -- "The Adventures of Amy DeZellar," L.A. Splash Magazine, May 2006
"Q: Why have you only been on (insert XX amount that is apparently not enough) of dates? When I was in my 20s I dated much more than you do."
A: Not sure if snorting lines of coke off the belly of a stranger in the coat check of a disco while Donna Summer moans 'Love To Love You, Baby' in the background constitutes a date? Look, I'm picky. I turn some men down. I'm not in a hurry and I don't ask men out, okay? Sheesh." -- "A Seattle Woman's Date with Publishing," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 13, 2005