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 bookcrimefiction 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
Women's rights are more important than their ethnic rights. Ruth Rendell ethnicimportantright Change image and share on social
I was imbued from a very early age with a sense of doom. Ruth Rendell agedoomearly Change image and share on social
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 aggressiveagnosticcall Change image and share on social
I didn't do any writing seriously until I was in my mid-twenties. But I've never really thought of myself as doing anything else. I've always wanted to write. Ruth Rendell havemidthink Change image and share on social
Haemophilia itself is bad enough. It is disabling day by day, even if far less incapacitating than in the 19th and early 20th centuries. But the added burden of life-threatening further illnesses from contaminated NHS blood is far worse. Ruth Rendell 19th20thadd share on social
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
People always tell me my books are so dark; I don't think they're particularly dark. I'm not like that. I'm quite a cheerful soul. Ruth Rendell bookcheerfuldark Change image and share on social
Hugh Grant will always be associated with his scandal, and so will Max Mosley. Ruth Rendell granthughmax Change image and share on social
