I can't sum up my books. They're all rather complicated. Sometimes I think they're too complicated. But that's the way I am. When I start to write a book, my head gets full of all kinds of detail. Ruth Rendell bookcomplicatedetail Change image and share on social
I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money. Ruth Rendell catchhavelot Change image and share on social
I very much like writing about homosexual relations. I don't quite know why. Perhaps it's because I feel there's still so much to be said about them. Ruth Rendell feelhomosexualrelation Change image and share on social
I agree with what Mark Twain said - we're all mad at night. Ruth Rendell agreemadmark Change image and share on social
I think it says something that I have never had an obscene letter. A young man once attempted one, but it was so totally illiterate and hopeless that it made me laugh. Ruth Rendell attempthopelessilliterate 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
I'm a very rigorous person. I like to take exercise. People get mired in old age, they get bent and twisted, but I can stop that. Ruth Rendell agebendexercise Change image and share on social
I don't think the world is a particularly pleasant place. Ruth Rendell placepleasantworld Change image and share on social
My mother started to suffer from multiple sclerosis, but nobody knew what MS was then. My father didn't - and later he suffered a great deal of guilt over that. It was an awful business and very fraught. Ruth Rendell awfulbusinessdeal 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
