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 do write about obsession, but I don't think I have an obsession for writing. I'm not a compulsive writer. I like to watch obsession in other people, watch the way it makes them behave.

I do write about obsession, but I don't think I have an obsession for writing. I'm not a compulsive writer. I like to watch obsession in other people, watch the way it makes them behave.

Ruth Rendell

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.

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

We, people, are so very, very complicated that no matter how well drawn a fictional character is, they can't get anywhere near as complex as a real person.

We, people, are so very, very complicated that no matter how well drawn a fictional character is, they can't get anywhere near as complex as a real person.

Ruth Rendell

I'm careful about keeping myself fit and thin, or as thin as I can manage.

I'm careful about keeping myself fit and thin, or as thin as I can manage.

Ruth Rendell

The more you pander to what is, presumably, the taste of young people, the more you corrupt.

The more you pander to what is, presumably, the taste of young people, the more you corrupt.

Ruth Rendell

I have a soft spot for charities that help children.

I have a soft spot for charities that help children.

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 have never been a foodie and am seldom very hungry.

I have never been a foodie and am seldom very hungry.

Ruth Rendell

I don't make any notes, but I do know where to find things. Suppose I need to know where Wexford first talked about his love of the countryside or where he quotes Larkin or what was the beginning of his hatred of racism or where he first encountered domestic violence; I would be able to find it straight away.

Ruth Rendell

Hugh Grant will always be associated with his scandal, and so will Max Mosley.

Hugh Grant will always be associated with his scandal, and so will Max Mosley.

Ruth Rendell

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