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
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. Ruth Rendell differencefamousknock Change image and share on social
Nobody will go on being remembered for a very long time, unless you're Shakespeare or Milton. I have no hope of being remembered at all. Ruth Rendell hopelongmilton Change image and share on social
Old women especially are invisible. I have been to parties where no one knows who I am, so I am ignored until I introduce myself to someone picked at random. Immediately, word gets round, and I am surrounded by people who tell me they are my biggest fans. Ruth Rendell bigfanimmediately share on social
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 love memory sticks. They seem to me to be magic. Ruth Rendell lovemagicmemory 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
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
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 try, and I think I succeed, in making my readers feel pity for my psychopaths, because I do. Ruth Rendell feelmakepity Change image and share on social