Ruth Rendell
Ruth Rendell
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBEwas an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth17 February 1930
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appeal business enjoy love settling
I enjoy moving. I like to be in a new place. Settling down doesn't appeal to me much. I like the whole business of it. And I love the first night in the new place.
episodes history patients treatment
The treatment of patients with contaminated blood has been described as one of the most tragic episodes in the history of the NHS.
although call change less open richard sort
I call myself an agnostic. I'm open to change. I'm the same sort of person, although much less aggressive, as Richard Dawkins.
villains
I don't choose my villains and heroes for political reasons.
afternoon house lords satisfying sitting
I go to the House of Lords in the afternoon and try to walk halfway. I may be thinking about what I'm going to write. It's much more satisfying than sitting in a chair.
change common financial lose women worlds
Some women lose their husbands, and their worlds change because their financial circumstances change. All I have in common with them is a grief.
falls illusion
If I do, the whole thing falls apart. It fails. The illusion is in my head.
ought
It doesn't matter what kind of book you write - you ought to write it well and with some kind of style and elegance.
becoming love people specialist strikes terror
Reading is becoming a kind of specialist activity, and that strikes terror into the heart of people who love reading.
afraid ask book food husband idiotic people putting replied written
People do sometimes ask me some really idiotic questions: 'Is your husband afraid of you putting arsenic in his food?' I replied that I have never written a book about poison, ever.
awful nearly
I used to get an awful lot of letters, and they have almost all gone. I used to answer nearly all of them.
deal fade gradually great private shall
It looks as if the NHS will gradually fade away, and we shall go back to a great deal of private medicine.
life people
The things I write about are completely removed from my own life, but people want to know the characters better.
awful sounds
It sounds awful and sort of goody two-shoes, but I never eat between meals.