Top 138 Quotes by Ruth Rendell

About Ruth Rendell

These are some quotes by British author Ruth Rendell Writer, who lived between February 17, 1930 and May 2, 2015.

I used to get an awful lot of letters, and they have almost all gone. I used to answer nearly all of them.

I used to get an awful lot of letters, and they have almost all gone. I used to answer nearly all of them.

Ruth Rendell

'The Da Vinci Code' was pretty awful. A good idea disappointingly handled.

'The Da Vinci Code' was pretty awful. A good idea disappointingly handled.

Ruth Rendell

I always know when a novel is going to be a Barbara Vine one. In fact I believe that if I weren't to write it as Barbara Vine, I wouldn't be able to write it at all.

I always know when a novel is going to be a Barbara Vine one. In fact I believe that if I weren't to write it as Barbara Vine, I wouldn't be able to write it at all.

Ruth Rendell

I have had quite a lot of prizes, but I don't think it makes any difference to the ease or difficulty to the writing process.

I have had quite a lot of prizes, but I don't think it makes any difference to the ease or difficulty to the writing process.

Ruth Rendell

It makes me actually quite angry to think about people writing about torture with a sort of relish. Horrible.

It makes me actually quite angry to think about people writing about torture with a sort of relish. Horrible.

Ruth Rendell

I get very tired of violence in crime fiction. Maybe it is what life is like, but I don't want to do it in my books.

I get very tired of violence in crime fiction. Maybe it is what life is like, but I don't want to do it in my books.

Ruth Rendell

I started by writing short stories, but they weren't very good; I tried them on various magazines, and none of them was published. People were nicer then about turning you down, and so I didn't lose heart - I kept on writing and wrote a lot of books, one or two of which I finished, and others I didn't.

Ruth Rendell

I call myself an agnostic. I'm open to change. I'm the same sort of person, although much less aggressive, as Richard Dawkins.

I call myself an agnostic. I'm open to change. I'm the same sort of person, although much less aggressive, as Richard Dawkins.

Ruth Rendell

I don't want to be a fusty old lady writer.

I don't want to be a fusty old lady writer.

Ruth Rendell

I never carry a notebook while walking around London. I just pick those things up. I'm very good at quizzes.

I never carry a notebook while walking around London. I just pick those things up. I'm very good at quizzes.

Ruth Rendell

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