Top 32 Quotes by Val McDermid

About Val McDermid

These are some quotes by Scottish author Val McDermid Writer, who was born on June 4, 1955.

Growing up in Fife, you were aware that there were these creatures called lesbians, but it was in the realms of complete freakishness. And I didn't feel like a freak.

Growing up in Fife, you were aware that there were these creatures called lesbians, but it was in the realms of complete freakishness. And I didn't feel like a freak.

Val McDermid

A lot of reality TV is repellent, but that doesn't diminish the qualities of some of the people who take part. There are decent people in there who have no alternatives.

A lot of reality TV is repellent, but that doesn't diminish the qualities of some of the people who take part. There are decent people in there who have no alternatives.

Val McDermid

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

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

Val McDermid

Sometimes fear is used as a way to control.

Sometimes fear is used as a way to control.

Val McDermid

I'd like to be more spontaneous.

I'd like to be more spontaneous.

Val McDermid

I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time. But, like most writers, you start off feeling your way.

I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time. But, like most writers, you start off feeling your way.

Val McDermid

Back in the day, when I started, you were still allowed to make mistakes. You got to make your mistakes in public, in a way. I think the world was a more forgiving place when I started my career, in the sense that we got time and space to develop as a writer.

Val McDermid

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

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

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

Val McDermid

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

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

Val McDermid

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