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
My father had several strokes and heart attacks. I was with him when he died, and it was a horrible death. He had been a very articulate man, and to lose that, never to be able to speak properly and to be unable to move - he had always been a very vigorous man, so to be in a wheelchair and mumbling - was terrible. Ruth Rendell articulateattackdeath 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 am interested in names and what they say; it is true. I like to look at the columns of baby names in the newspapers. But I don't run out of new ones for my characters. Ruth Rendell babycharactercolumn 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
Suspense is my thing. I think I am able to make people want to keep turning pages. They want to know what happens. Ruth Rendell makepagepeople Change image and share on social