I am curious about people. I want to know their secrets... because I am the last person to whom I would tell a secret; people tell me their secrets. Ruth Rendell curiouspeopleperson Change image and share on social
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. Ruth Rendell appealbusinessenjoy Change image and share on social
I don't think the Barbara Vines are mysteries in any sense. The Barbara Vine is much more slowly paced. It is a much more in-depth, searching sort of book; it doesn't necessarily have a murder in it. Ruth Rendell barbarabookdepth Change image and share on social
It doesn't matter what kind of book you write - you ought to write it well and with some kind of style and elegance. Ruth Rendell bookelegancekind Change image and share on social
I don't want to marry anybody, but I certainly wouldn't want to marry a bad novelist. Ruth Rendell badmarrynovelist Change image and share on social
Crimes are more often committed out of fear than wickedness. People live frightened, desperate lives. Ruth Rendell commitcrimedesperate Change image and share on social
I believe the most important thing you can do in any kind of novel is to make your reader want to go on with it and want to know what happens next. Ruth Rendell importantkindmake Change image and share on social
I went into a church and simply said, 'Goodbye.' It is the terrible unfairness of life. How could God allow cancer, poverty, the sheer unfairness of so many lives? That is the question which finishes it for me. Ruth Rendell cancerchurchfinish share on social
I get up just before six and come downstairs, put food out for the cats, and open the cat flap. Then I work out for 35 or 40 minutes - I have a very large bathroom with an elliptical cross-trainer and a bicycle. Ruth Rendell bathroombicyclecat share on social
