People tell me the most extraordinary things. I've noticed it for years. Perhaps they know I won't be shocked. Or judgmental. Ruth Rendell extraordinaryhavejudgmental Change image and share on social
My mother had multiple sclerosis. Ruth Rendell mothermultiplesclerosis Change image and share on social
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. Ruth Rendell bedfeedgeriatric Change image and share on social
I really am not affected by the tragic aspects of my books. Ruth Rendell affectaspectbook Change image and share on social
Ford Maddox Ford's 'The Good Soldier' is my favourite novel. I first read it in the 1950s and have read it about 20 times since. It's possibly the best-constructed book in the English language. Ruth Rendell 1950sbookconstruct Change image and share on social
Some women lose their husbands, and their worlds change because their financial circumstances change. All I have in common with them is a grief. Ruth Rendell changecircumstancecommon Change image and share on social
I don't have any dark desires. And I think most people don't. A few have dark desires and don't sublimate them. Ruth Rendell darkdesirepeople Change image and share on social
I'm a very bad Christian, but I am a Christian. I think that all women, unless they are absolutely asleep, must be feminists up to a point. And socialist, well yes, of course, it's not a fashionable word, but I am very much of the Left. Ruth Rendell absolutelyasleepbad 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 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. Ruth Rendell answerbreakdistract share on social