Ruth Rendell

Writer

1930-02-17

Books by Ruth Rendell

A dark-adapted eye
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Sight for Sore Eyes, A
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A Judgement in Stone
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Quotes by Ruth Rendell

Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one's other self listening.
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I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.
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Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
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Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
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I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.
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Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one's other self listening.
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I have a soft spot for charities that help children.
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Reading is becoming a kind of specialist activity, and that strikes terror into the heart of people who love reading.
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I wouldn't be young again even if it were possible, but I am not going to pretend that growing old is all sweetness and light.
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As soon as I know it's about technological things or spies, I lose interest. I want to know what goes on in people's minds.
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I agree with what Mark Twain said - we're all mad at night.
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I went into a church and simply said, 'Goodbye.' It is the terrible unfairness of life. How could God allow cancer, poverty, the sheer unfairness of so many lives? That is the question which finishes it for me.
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How could God allow cancer, poverty, the sheer unfairness of so many lives?
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I don't like the way young people write and talk about the old. I don't like their attitude, which, if they weren't young and therefore bright and vibrant, would be called outdated.
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I don't choose my villains and heroes for political reasons.
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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.
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I don't think the Barbara Vines are mysteries in any sense. The Barbara Vine is much more slowly paced. It is a much more in-depth, searching sort of book; it doesn't necessarily have a murder in it.
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Crimes are more often committed out of fear than wickedness. People live frightened, desperate lives.
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I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money.
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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.
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