I agree with what Mark Twain said - we're all mad at night. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes agree mad mark
I am interested in names and what they say; it is true. I like to look at the columns of baby names in the newspapers. But I don't run out of new ones for my characters. Ruth Rendell babycharactercolumn Change image and share on social
My mother was a Swede who grew up in Denmark. When I go there, I visit the street where she grew up and look at her house, which is still there, and the snowberry bush, from which she ate some berries and had to have her stomach pumped. Ruth Rendell berrybushdenmark share on social
I have an idea, and I have a perpetrator, and I write the book along those lines, and when I get to the last chapter, I change the perpetrator so that if I can deceive myself, I can deceive the reader. Ruth Rendell bookchangechapter share on social
I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim. Juno Temple childhooddressfancy Change image and share on social
Out of the thousand writers huffing and puffing through movieland, there are scarcely fifty men and women of wit and talent... Yet, in a curious way, there is not much difference between the product of a good writer and a bad one. They both have to toe the same mark. Ben Hecht badcuriousdifference share on social
I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery. Grant-Lee Phillips agreeeasyfind Change image and share on social
