Ruth Rendell
Ruth Rendell
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBEwas an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth17 February 1930
amount money people sort
I do think that being a sort of celebrity and being well off does give me some responsibility. I think that people who make a lot of money - and I do - should certainly give a considerable amount of it away.
compulsive
I do write about obsession, but I don't think I have an obsession for writing. I'm not a compulsive writer. I like to watch obsession in other people, watch the way it makes them behave.
failure subjects
I always write about subjects which attract me because if I didn't, it would be awful, a failure.
bad
I don't want to marry anybody, but I certainly wouldn't want to marry a bad novelist.
I don't think the world is a particularly pleasant place.
although call change less open richard sort
I call myself an agnostic. I'm open to change. I'm the same sort of person, although much less aggressive, as Richard Dawkins.
attitude bright people talk therefore
I don't like the way young people write and talk about the old. I don't like their attitude, which, if they weren't young and therefore bright and vibrant, would be called outdated.
answer few mind minutes phone return sit utter
I don't mind being distracted. I don't want to sit there in utter silence and type. If the phone rings, I usually answer it, speak for a few minutes and return to writing, or go for a walk in and out of the rooms. I don't mind a break.
love
I'm not much of a shoe person, but I love a pair by Bruno Magli that I've had for 10 years.
blood disease effects history time wrote
In 'The Blood Doctor,' I wrote about the history of haemophilia and the devastating effects of the disease at a time when there was no remedy.
interested religion
I never was religious, really, but I'm very interested in religion.
I never write about a place I don't know.
knew politics
I knew quite a lot about politics before I went to Parliament.
cupboard large quite stuffed
I have two quite large houses, and every cupboard and drawer is stuffed with books.