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
change doubt life quite separate sure upset
Violence is very much with us, and we like to see it. I doubt if you can change that, and I'm not sure you should want to. I have occasionally been very upset by something I was writing, but it's quite rare: I keep my writing very separate from my life.
difficulty quite
I have had quite a lot of prizes, but I don't think it makes any difference to the ease or difficulty to the writing process.
cheerful people quite
People always tell me my books are so dark; I don't think they're particularly dark. I'm not like that. I'm quite a cheerful soul.
cupboard large quite stuffed
I have two quite large houses, and every cupboard and drawer is stuffed with books.
people quite sort
It makes me actually quite angry to think about people writing about torture with a sort of relish. Horrible.
difference famous knock work writer
You don't knock television, even if you don't always like what they make of your work. It makes all the difference between being an also-ran writer and very famous.
I always know what I'm going to write before I sit down.
agree twain
I agree with what Mark Twain said - we're all mad at night.
enjoy love people
I - I love being told by people that they enjoy my books, and I think that's really very nice.
max
Hugh Grant will always be associated with his scandal, and so will Max Mosley.
allow god sheer
How could God allow cancer, poverty, the sheer unfairness of so many lives?
attract everybody wants
Everybody wants their fame. They long for it, and I think they don't much care how they get it - to attract attention to themselves.
crimes fear people
Crimes are more often committed out of fear than wickedness. People live frightened, desperate lives.
both father horribly last parents
Both my parents had strokes. My father had several, but the last one was fatal. It's a horribly disabling bug, a stroke.