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
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Reading is becoming a kind of specialist activity, and that strikes terror into the heart of people who love reading.
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I enjoy moving. I like to be in a new place. Settling down doesn't appeal to me much. I like the whole business of it. And I love the first night in the new place.
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My favourite book - 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford, which I have read about 20 times - is different from my favourite author, who is Iris Murdoch. I find her books exciting and unputdownable. Her characters are so carefully studied and in-depth; I love that.
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I - I love being told by people that they enjoy my books, and I think that's really very nice.
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I don't make any notes, but I do know where to find things. Suppose I need to know where Wexford first talked about his love of the countryside or where he quotes Larkin or what was the beginning of his hatred of racism or where he first encountered domestic violence; I would be able to find it straight away.
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I love memory sticks. They seem to me to be magic.
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People who have had a stroke and are recovering from it love being read to... especially by someone who is a good reader - it does help them to get better.
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I'm not much of a shoe person, but I love a pair by Bruno Magli that I've had for 10 years.
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It is not so much true that the world loves a lover as that the lover loves all the world.
I've never met a murderer as far as I know. I would hate to.
I've never really been satisfied with a book. I always want it to be better.
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I started by writing short stories, but they weren't very good; I tried them on various magazines, and none of them was published. People were nicer then about turning you down, and so I didn't lose heart - I kept on writing and wrote a lot of books, one or two of which I finished, and others I didn't.
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People tell me the most extraordinary things. I've noticed it for years. Perhaps they know I won't be shocked. Or judgmental.
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People are still being put into geriatric wards when they don't need it. They need treatment, not just being put into bed and fed.