Val McDermid quote: "Honestly, Mum, how can you say someone's a great writer if you've got a stack of reference books next to you? It's just showing off. If I behaved like that in front of other people, you'd totally tell me off when we got home. So.why is it alright for T. S. Eliot to swagger about like a complete know it all and make the rest of us feel stupid?"

I won't be attempting to write Jane Austen-style prose - that would be suicidal. But I will atte...
VAL MCDERMID

One of the reasons we all still read Jane Austen is because her books are about universal things whi...
VAL MCDERMID

Growing up in Fife, you were aware that there were these creatures called lesbians, but it was in th...
VAL MCDERMID

I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broke...
VAL MCDERMID

I spent a lot of time at my grandparents in the school holidays, and the only books in the house wer...
VAL MCDERMID

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

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

I was thinking things had changed: that the next generation of men weren't as institutionally mi...
VAL MCDERMID

I said to Ruth Rendell, 'When you've written as many books as you have, it's easier.'...
VAL MCDERMID

I've never wanted to live in a ghetto or write in a ghetto. I want to write about a world that r...
VAL MCDERMID

A lot of reality TV is repellent, but that doesn't diminish the qualities of some of the people ...
VAL MCDERMID

I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time...
VAL MCDERMID

We all present versions of ourselves. The person you are at work is not the same person you are at h...
VAL MCDERMID

The thing is that quite a few of my books have ended up as they are because of conversations I'v...
VAL MCDERMID

I came from a working-class family, but I was supported by a grant system and had my fees paid, so I...
VAL MCDERMID

It was a bit unimaginable when I began that I'd ever get to 25 books. But it was also unimaginab...
VAL MCDERMID

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

The contemporary crime novel is, at its best, a novel of character. That's where the suspense co...
VAL MCDERMID

I'd like to be more spontaneous.
VAL MCDERMID

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

Back in the day, when I started, you were still allowed to make mistakes. You got to make your mista...
VAL MCDERMID

On one hand, you've got 'decent' men, and on the other you've got neanderthal misogy...
VAL MCDERMID

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

We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much unders...
VAL MCDERMID

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

I have a vernacular house on the seaside in Northumberland and an Edwardian semi in south Manchester...
VAL MCDERMID

I think Jane Austen builds suspense well in a couple of places, but she squanders it, and she gets t...
VAL MCDERMID

You can't prove a negative. I can't prove there are no such thing as vampires any more than you can ...
VAL MCDERMID

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

Admittedly, they [(places in novels)] didn't all have such ridiculous names as the ones in the Piddl...
VAL MCDERMID

It was a source of constant disappointment to Catherine Morland that her life did not more closely r...
VAL MCDERMID

A society gets the criminals it deserves.
VAL MCDERMID

The Glasgow accent was so strong you could have built a bridge with it and known it would outlast th...
VAL MCDERMID

I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... a...
VAL GUEST

Warner Bros offered me the next Batman, and the only reason that I didn't do it was because of T...
VAL KILMER

I live on a ranch that's larger than Manhattan. That's a weird circumstance.
VAL KILMER

I am not an American; I am the American.
VAL KILMER

Life is precious, and when someone dies it's an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My br...
VAL KILMER

There are a thousand ways to play any role.
VAL KILMER

One out of 100 citizens of the U.S. is going to prison, and it's not that the system is making c...
VAL KILMER

You just don't understand humility until you have children and get divorced.
VAL KILMER

We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth...
VAL KILMER

Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the w...
VAL KILMER

Jim Thompson understood something about the serial killer before the psychology caught up to it, whi...
VAL KILMER

News is something that happens that matters to you, which is not most of what we watch on television...
VAL KILMER

My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
VAL KILMER

I never had a business plan. I did, actually - I'm lying. My business plan was to get lucky, and...
VAL KILMER

If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.
VAL KILMER

Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but ...
VAL KILMER

If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you...
VAL KILMER

My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was...
VAL KILMER

It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photograp...
VAL KILMER

I don't watch television, but I saw 'The Office' by accident. I thought it was so sophis...
VAL KILMER

Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.
VAL KILMER

Youth is seen as everything. You don't know anything when you're young. It's great being...
VAL KILMER

Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of peopl...
VAL KILMER

There was such a relationship between the buffalo and the American Indian - the Indians would eat th...
VAL KILMER

Mark Twain had a way of telling stories that shifts your consciousness away from labels.
VAL KILMER

The candor of a civilized mind comes from the ability to question self before action; the reverse is...
VAL UCHENDU

Most films made about the future acquiesce toward death, and I don't want to be told how to defi...
VAL KILMER

Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend...
VAL KILMER

The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.
VAL KILMER

I'm going to put a museum on my ranch and people keep saying, 'That's a huge idea.' ...
VAL KILMER

I wrote Murder at the Windmill. And it was accepted and we made it and it was the first film I made ...
VAL GUEST

It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie c...
VAL KILMER

I was stoned. It seemed like a fun thing to do at the time.
VAL KILMER

The only time it's ever like work is when you don't like what you've done.
VAL KILMER

And I'd be Dino.
VAL KILMER

I'm sick of most of what Robert does,
VAL KILMER

Now, I'll tell you something that might interest you. Casino Royale was the first Bond book that...
VAL GUEST

Daryl Hannah likes to goof around with fashion, but she does have pretty impeccable taste.
VAL KILMER

I remember literally aching from laughing, with him telling the darkest story you could ever imagine...
VAL KILMER

If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're ...
VAL KILMER

When extremists extract concessions from democracies on points of principle, either by blackmail or ...
PHILIPPE VAL

Creativity can turn into an avalanche or a tempest, but can also flow like a meandering tributary to...
VAL UCHENDU

Mark Twain is as big as America. He really is.
VAL KILMER

Chris has some nasty stuff and is hard to hit his fastball at 90 mph. He throws some breaking pitche...
VAL MCLEAN

Well I sure had been looking for a comedy for years without success. Partly because the town is just...
VAL KILMER

He's just getting started, ... Now he can remember what happened yesterday. I do want to say somethi...
VAL KILMER

I haven't taken you to any meetings, have I?
VAL KILMER

I was surprised at how quickly I adapted to my role.
VAL KILMER

(Pratt) basically did the same thing in (the first game) as she did tonight. We put three different ...
VAL ANAE

She rebounds, she steals the ball, sets up the assists. She's our bread and butter and has really pl...
VAL ANAE

They're scrappy, they stay in it. They hang in there and hang in there and I give them credit. They ...
VAL ANAE

They're not going to sit down. They'll be ready to take us. Our new rotation will take some time to ...
VAL ANAE

If we come out half as hard as we do in practice, we're a different team.
VAL ANAE

She's a great player, and that was a great shot.
VAL ANAE

She really was the perfect choice to lead our team on the court for the next three years. She has pr...
VAL ACKERMAN

We are very proud to unite the best of professional and college basketball as we look to reclaim our...
VAL ACKERMAN

Our senior men's program will be tremendously served by Mike's extraordinary capabilities and statur...
VAL ACKERMAN

It's been a long road,
VAL ACKERMAN

We've got a business plan that's very specific,
VAL ACKERMAN

We realize the gravity of the situation, ... Everybody concerned wants to see the U.S. back on top a...
VAL ACKERMAN

She did it all this year with the poise of a veteran and class, ... It's hard to imagine a player wh...
VAL ACKERMAN

There's every reason to be hopeful because it's a product that's good, and we have a distinctive aud...
VAL ACKERMAN

This is our most competitive season ever. I'm sure it will end with a bang. With all the strong perf...
VAL ACKERMAN

True friendship strives for neither power nor weakness; it holds a mirror to our strength and imperf...
VAL UCHENDU

Cherish simple things such as family, friends and love, because great things appear simple from far ...
VAL UCHENDU

Loss is like a wind, it either carries you to a new destination or it traps you in an ocean of stagn...
VAL UCHENDU

Words come alive from a page or script because both the writer and actor were brave enough to neithe...
VAL UCHENDU

It is only with the heart that one can see, hear and feel clearly. Think of an image, music or movie...
VAL UCHENDU

If you seek success, serve others. If you
seek immortality give. Serve or give your
time...
VAL UCHENDU

There's no difficulty that love cannot conquer...
no door love cannot open...

No wa...
VAL UCHENDU

Life is a gift and every day is an opportunity to share your gift with others. Don’t be grateful, ...
VAL UCHENDU

This is good news to us all. We are defending the principle of the right for caricature and satire.
PHILIPPE VAL

If you seek immortality, then give. For giving frees humanity from the bondage of time. When all is ...
VAL UCHENDU

A closed fist cannot give. How can one give when the fist is closed? Yet, most people approach relat...
VAL UCHENDU

I remember literally aching from laughing, with him telling the darkest story you could ever imagine...
VAL KILMER

Batman Forever.
VAL KILMER

It takes just one idea or act to connect the dots between hard work and success... Don’t relent un...
VAL UCHENDU

The terrain is mountainous and difficult to access.
VAL CHARLTON

Anyone can conquer anything, but the conquest of self frees the ego, and rewards one with limitless ...
VAL UCHENDU

As I watched the sun began its daily routine, casting golden hue and illuminating cities, I wondered...
VAL UCHENDU

Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it wa...
VAL GUEST

Without passion, the earth will be full of hollow bodies devoid of love, relationship, religion, art...
VAL UCHENDU

If you don't know the effect of
words, you are behind times.If
you want positivity, spea...
VAL UCHENDU

Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.
VAL KILMER

When one's craft is rooted in strong relationship, he or she lures the into becoming a part of the s...
VAL UCHENDU

Put in the time, learn something new, challenge your perception and know that a setback is an opport...
VAL UCHENDU

Persona; dangles between a nostalgic subfusc and a spellbinding lucidity
VAL UCHENDU

Cold feet under a warm blanket, steam over an empty mug--rain splatters on dry window pane--open jou...
VAL UCHENDU

Faced with delicate issue, consider kindness and deference. It's neither familiarity, indifference n...
VAL UCHENDU

Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don&#...
VAL KILMER

There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I...
VAL KILMER

I don't think of my life as a cliche, but I'm a cliche eccentric. Complete with a strange na...
VAL KILMER

Success is the ability to turn a pickle, a bump or an epic failure into an opportunity for success
VAL UCHENDU

An artist must take comfort that there's no satisfaction whatsoever with one's creation, just a diss...
VAL UCHENDU

To embody a slice of life on stage/film/script/book is awe-inspiring; like peeking into a window to ...
VAL UCHENDU

Celebrate differences, give love, and more love. Anything short is a rigidity that cuts both ways an...
VAL UCHENDU

Wisdom is the thin conduit between two opposing viewpoints
VAL UCHENDU

Great moments are ephemeral, like a lovely text message or viral twitter moment, but when lived, it'...
VAL UCHENDU

Not like others? You may be inspired differently. Be bold, step out, follow YOUR intuition, no matte...
VAL UCHENDU

There're many ways to inspire others but the goal is the same. The pathways are different and must b...
VAL UCHENDU

The mindset of loss of a loved one is to understand that the loss will never be undone. You must liv...
VAL UCHENDU

Laugh to be refreshed, discover to be surprised, accept and celebrate differences to be happy
VAL UCHENDU

Love is purely spiritual, until you can honestly accept and love your essence and truth, you have no...
VAL UCHENDU

Opportunity must be captured; it only yields to those brave hearts that dare to try
VAL UCHENDU

When an image depends on the next for a complete meaning, it moves the story and audience along with...
VAL UCHENDU

An artist who works from impulse creates pathways for his body and emotion; the lines will naturally...
VAL UCHENDU

Peace of mind comes from keeping people's opinion far away from self perception; one is steady and t...
VAL UCHENDU

Nothing can resist a person who is
nonresistant... When you overcome
negative with posit...
VAL UCHENDU

The earth is always changing...readjusting to our existence. Each era is full of unique challenges
VAL UCHENDU

All art forms possess liberty beyond space and time, yet grounded by urgency of now, and a breath of...
VAL UCHENDU

He's a change of pace pitcher out of the bullpen.
VAL MCLEAN

Brent is a good heads-up player in the outfield. David got a lot of work in a reserve role last year...
VAL MCLEAN

We have 10 students and seniors signed up for the program. Most of the students taking part are girl...
VAL SULLIVAN

You've got to allow kids to be kids. Our discipline will get better; I just wish we didn't have to p...
VAL TRUJILLO

There were 10,000 18-year-old girls at the MTV awards and I wanted to look cool.
VAL KILMER

I'm just shy, ... I wanted to meet Robert because I liked his acting. But he was looking at me funny...
VAL KILMER

To tell you the truth. I am a wild and passionate novelist. I am therefore easily given over to tell...
VAL EDWARD SIMONE

We fiction writers are a brazen lot, are we not? For we, in our passion, embrace just enough truth t...
VAL EDWARD SIMONE

It seems that THC is creating a historic district without following one legal guideline. It's very, ...
JUDGE VAL BEARD

I am very pleased to tell the crew they did a great job.
JUDGE VAL BEARD

We need to sit down and get some ball-park numbers together and move on.
JUDGE VAL BEARD

My first concern is THC asking us to spend tax dollars on private property. Secondly, I don't think ...
JUDGE VAL BEARD

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