I was obsessed with Val McDermid's Tony Hill and Carol…

“Know your value, accept nothing but the best.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Fuck your manners." "You don't have to settle for just my manners.”

— Nenia Campbell

The hardest achievement in acting - in my opinion, anyway - is nailing a role that absolutely nobody else could have played. Pacino owned…

— Bill Simmons

Val Kilmer gave my husband, David Mamet, a Randall knife as a gift when the two of them were making the film 'Spartan.'

— Rebecca Pidgeon

They wanted to make her less rural, less of a cartoon. Not that Southern woman are cartoonish - they're the strongest women in this…

— Joan Van Ark

Some of the writers I've praised are Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid, Elisabeth George and Minette Walters. Strangely enough, almost all are women.

— Stieg Larsson

“In entirety, valentine is a FUCKING DAY, rather than the sanctity of its literal meaning.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“Are you sure that's Val?" "No," said Freddie. "It's Lassie in a wolf suit.”

— Debra Doyle, James D. MacDonald

“If Mr. Castillo had been in charge of building the Ark, Noah would have wound up with a boat the size of the New…

— Debra Doyle, James D. MacDonald

At the end of the film Val suggests there may be a way to rejoin the living, when he says, 'Let's see if we're…

— Dwight Yoakam

I took my first acting class at age 6 because I found out that's what Carol Burnett was doing - acting. Also she had…

— Christine Lakin

For the first time in my life I actually feel sorry for Carol. I'm only seventeen years old, and I already know something she…

— Lauren Oliver

“Carol, I thought you didn't liked playing with the minds of normal people.” “Yes, but the press don't count as normal.” “She’s got you…

— John Zakour

When I was 17, I read a profile of Carol Leifer. Since then, I wanted to be her. I still want to be her.

— Sarah Silverman

“My aunt Carol hasn’t heard her say a word in the whole six years and three months of Grace’s life—not a single syllable. Carol…

— Lauren Oliver