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
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 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 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 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
I agree with what Mark Twain said - we're all mad at night. Ruth Rendell agreemadmark 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
I don't like the way young people write and talk about the old. I don't like their attitude, which, if they weren't young and therefore bright and vibrant, would be called outdated. Ruth Rendell attitudebrightcall Change image and share on social
