Phrase by 'Val McDermid'

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

Author: Val McDermid - Scottish Writer
  I Am , Plastic , Despair , Accountant


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

Author: Val McDermid - Scottish Writer
  Myself , See , Day , News


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.

Author: Val McDermid - Scottish Writer
  Ever , Get , How , Changed


We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much understood that the way to a better life was through education, books were a luxury we couldn't afford. But when I was six, we actually moved opposite the central library, and that became my home from home.

Author: Val McDermid - Scottish Writer
  Life , Home , Education , Money


I've never wanted to live in a ghetto or write in a ghetto. I want to write about a world that reflects the one most people live in. Gay people are just one aspect of that.

Author: Val McDermid - Scottish Writer
  People , World , Live , Gay


I came from a working-class family, but I was supported by a grant system and had my fees paid, so I came out of Oxford with a debt of something like £200.

Author: Val McDermid - Scottish Writer
  Family , Something , Like , Debt


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'.

Author: Val McDermid - Scottish Writer
  You , Said , She , Dear


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.

Author: Val McDermid - Scottish Writer
  You , Men , Hand , Ground


I was thinking things had changed: that the next generation of men weren't as institutionally misogynist as the previous were. And then, suddenly, the Internet came along and gave them a platform to voice their feelings anonymously. And boy, did the bile come out.

Author: Val McDermid - Scottish Writer
  Internet , Thinking , Men , Generation


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

Author: Val McDermid - Scottish Writer
  Women , Write , Funny , Still


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