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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.

Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about it that's liberating.

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

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

You've always been handy with a knife, Mother

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

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

Nothing warms the cockles of the heart more than the smug self-satisfaction of being right.

I know that. I do watch Spooks.' Carol was surprised. 'You do? I don't.' 'You should. They do.

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.

If I didn't like her so much, I'd hate her.

She'd cook like an angel and fuck like a whore

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

I told her you were probably here'. 'Thanks,' Tony said. 'Did I mention she thinks her brother's murder is my fault?

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

The Glasgow accent was so strong you could have built a bridge with it and known it would outlast the civilization that spawned it

Father, everybody has mugs these days. It's not a sign of debauchery and disrepute to drink tea from a mug.

No woman is a heroine to her dentist.

It had seemed a good idea at the time to order the furniture for her new home online from a chain retailer.

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.

It's only hunting you that keeps me from being you.

Junction at the top of the stairs. She gave a curious glance down General Tilney's corridor, but she

You know it's a bad case when the only way you can catch up on your sleep is to get unconscious.

Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction.

I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.

Sometimes, the only things that make you feel good are the same ones that worked when you were five. Yes, I slammed the door

Proportion than she

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.

Patsy McDonald had the artificial brightness and dead eyes that go hand in hand with prescription antidepressants. They

The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.

The contemporary crime novel is, at its best, a novel of character. That's where the suspense comes from.

The bodies of two murdered women have been found this week. For the record, I didn't kill either of them.

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.

When all else fails, go for the ego.

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.

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.

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

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.

Within the infant rind of this weak flower Poison hath residence and medicine power' Romeo and Juliet, II, iii

I did want to be Joni Mitchell for quite a long time.

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

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.

If you don't make the best-seller list, if you don't get shortlisted for any prizes, it's goodbye.

Sometimes fear is used as a way to control.

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'.

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

I'd like to be more spontaneous.

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.

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.

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

A society gets the criminals it deserves.