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You are Tadeusz Radecki? I am in the right place?' 'I know who I am. What I want to know is who you are.
— Val McDermid
Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about it that's liberating.
— Val McDermid
I was obsessed with Val McDermid's Tony Hill and Carol Jordan books, delightfully twisted stuff.
— Chelsea Cain
You've always been handy with a knife, Mother
— Val McDermid
Nothing warms the cockles of the heart more than the smug self-satisfaction of being right.
— Val McDermid
I know that. I do watch Spooks.' Carol was surprised. 'You do? I don't.' 'You should. They do.
— Val McDermid
No. It's no the same. The interviewers want you to say what they want to hear. I want to hear what you have to say.
— Val McDermid
If I didn't like her so much, I'd hate her.
— Val McDermid
She'd cook like an angel and fuck like a whore
— Val McDermid
I told her you were probably here'. 'Thanks,' Tony said. 'Did I mention she thinks her brother's murder is my fault?
— Val McDermid
The Glasgow accent was so strong you could have built a bridge with it and known it would outlast the civilization that spawned it
— Val McDermid
Father, everybody has mugs these days. It's not a sign of debauchery and disrepute to drink tea from a mug.
— Val McDermid
No woman is a heroine to her dentist.
— Val McDermid
It had seemed a good idea at the time to order the furniture for her new home online from a chain retailer.
— Val McDermid
It was a bit unimaginable when I began that I'd ever get to 25 books. But it was also unimaginable how much crime-writing would have changed.
— Val McDermid
It's only hunting you that keeps me from being you.
— Val McDermid
Junction at the top of the stairs. She gave a curious glance down General Tilney's corridor, but she
— Val McDermid
You know it's a bad case when the only way you can catch up on your sleep is to get unconscious.
— Val McDermid
Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction.
— Val McDermid
I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
— Val McDermid
Sometimes, the only things that make you feel good are the same ones that worked when you were five. Yes, I slammed the door
— Val McDermid
Proportion than she
— Val McDermid
On one hand, you've got 'decent' men, and on the other you've got neanderthal misogynist bawbags - and the middle ground is what's disappearing.
— Val McDermid
Patsy McDonald had the artificial brightness and dead eyes that go hand in hand with prescription antidepressants. They
— Val McDermid
The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.
— Val McDermid
The contemporary crime novel is, at its best, a novel of character. That's where the suspense comes from.
— Val McDermid
The bodies of two murdered women have been found this week. For the record, I didn't kill either of them.
— Val McDermid
You know, I've often wondered. It's pretty clear what they were up to in Sodom, but what do you suppose the sin of Gomorrah was?' Carol asked.
— Val McDermid
When all else fails, go for the ego.
— Val McDermid
We make high demands on the people we expect to deliver justice, and we don't always appreciate how much it eats away at them.
— Val McDermid
The thing is that quite a few of my books have ended up as they are because of conversations I've had over the years with forensic scientists.
— Val McDermid
You can't prove a negative. I can't prove there are no such thing as vampires any more than you can prove you're not a lesbian.
— Val McDermid
Within the infant rind of this weak flower Poison hath residence and medicine power' Romeo and Juliet, II, iii
— Val McDermid
I did want to be Joni Mitchell for quite a long time.
— Val McDermid
We all make mistakes, Carol. Sometimes they're more expensive than others. But I don't deserve to lose you,' he said, spreading his hands in appeal.
— Val McDermid
If you don't make the best-seller list, if you don't get shortlisted for any prizes, it's goodbye.
— Val McDermid
Sometimes fear is used as a way to control.
— Val McDermid
I said to Ruth Rendell, 'When you've written as many books as you have, it's easier.' She said, 'No dear, it gets harder'.
— Val McDermid
I'd like to be more spontaneous.
— Val McDermid
He spread his hands in a self-deprecating gesture. 'Well, I'm not a cop. And I'm not a woman.' She couldn't resist. 'I had noticed.
— Val McDermid
I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broken out of that limited audience.
— Val McDermid
Some of the writers I've praised are Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid, Elisabeth George and Minette Walters. Strangely enough, almost all are women.
— Stieg Larsson
A society gets the criminals it deserves.
— Val McDermid