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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.
~ Val McDermid
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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
Decent
Disappearing
Got
Ground
Hand
Men
Middle
Middle Ground
Other
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One of the reasons we all still read Jane Austen is because her books are about universal things which still matter today - love, money, family. They haven't gone out of fashion, so it's not throwing the baby out with the bathwater to rework her in a contemporary style.
~ Val McDermid
About
Austen
Baby
Because
Books
Contemporary
Family
Fashion
Gone
Her
Jane
Jane Austen
Love
Matter
Money
Out
Read
Reasons
Still
Style
Things
Throwing
Today
Universal
Which
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Sometimes fear is used as a way to control.
~ Val McDermid
Control
Fear
Sometimes
Used
Way
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The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.
~ Val McDermid
Condition
Day
Find
Headlines
I See
Myself
News
Once
Rage
See
Starting
Which
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The contemporary crime novel is, at its best, a novel of character. That's where the suspense comes from.
~ Val McDermid
Best
Character
Contemporary
Crime
Novel
Suspense
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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
Because
Books
Conversations
Ended
Few
Forensic
Had
Over
Quite
Scientists
Thing
Up
Years
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
~ Val McDermid
Fiction
Funny
Notion
Should
Still
Violent
Women
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Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about it that's liberating.
~ Val McDermid
About
Creativity
How
Know
Liberating
Something
Walking
Water
Works
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We all present versions of ourselves. The person you are at work is not the same person you are at home. The face we present in our most intimate relationships is not the face we present to the world.
~ Val McDermid
Face
Home
Intimate
Most
Our
Ourselves
Person
Present
Relationships
Same
Versions
Work
World
You
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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.
~ Val McDermid
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Afford
Around
Became
Better
Better Life
Books
Central
Dirt
Education
Home
Kicking
Library
Life
Luxury
Money
Moved
Much
Opposite
Poor
Six
Spare
Through
Understood
Very
Way
Were
While
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Why do the police need to know where I am? In the hands of a benevolent government, they could be looking after your interests, but what if the next government isn't so benevolent?
~ Val McDermid
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Am
Benevolent
Could
Government
Hands
I Am
Interests
Know
Looking
Need
Next
Police
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