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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 am the despair of my accountant; I am the plastic bags of receipts. — Val McDermid

Attractive smile, Carol added to her list of particulars as she shook the hand. — 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

He frowned as he struggled to remember. It was like watching an elephant crochet. — Val McDermid

It's not magic that takes us to another world - it's storytelling. — 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

The discipline is based on one grisly fact: a corpse makes a good lunch. — 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

There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction. — 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

Everybody's got the right to go to hell in the handcart of their choice. — 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

Time for the likeliest story since Mary told Joseph it was God's. — 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

I'm not into little boys till they're old enough to have their own credit card. — 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

You take the lead. He'll open up more easily to a copper than a mumbo jumbo man — 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