The old detective story that's got a really complicated motive doesn't apply to mine. Ruth Rendell applycomplicatedetective Change image and share on social
I've never met a murderer as far as I know. I would hate to. Ruth Rendell hatehavemeet Change image and share on social
Crimes are more often committed out of fear than wickedness. People live frightened, desperate lives. Ruth Rendell commitcrimedesperate Change image and share on social
I never make notes; just a few small details when I'm writing, but nothing much. The plot is never written down. I will tell the story to myself, but I won't plan it. I'll speak the narrative in my head for a while. Ruth Rendell detailheadmake share on social
I often think what it was like not to have much money. I don't think it's good for people to be born into money and not know what it is never to have it. Ruth Rendell beargoodmoney Change image and share on social
I always write about subjects which attract me because if I didn't, it would be awful, a failure. Ruth Rendell attractawfulfailure Change image and share on social
I'm very fond of Tennessee Williams' plays, and when my husband and I went to New Orleans in the late 1970s, we saw 'A Street Car Named Desire.' Ruth Rendell 1970scardesire Change image and share on social
I was a child, and in 1942, I was evacuated to the Cotswolds with my mother, who was a teacher - she went with her school. I lived in one house in the village, and my mother was in the vicarage. Ruth Rendell childcotswoldevacuate Change image and share on social
Both my parents had strokes. My father had several, but the last one was fatal. It's a horribly disabling bug, a stroke. Ruth Rendell bugdisablefatal Change image and share on social
I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid. Ruth Rendell afraiddaydeath Change image and share on social
