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
background childhood grew sort wants
I think about what kind of a background he had, what sort of childhood he had, how he grew up, what he does for a living, the way he wants to live,
aloud clumsy great possible rewrite sort work
I don't find writing easy. That is because I do take great care: I rewrite a lot. If anything is sort of clumsy and not possible to read aloud to oneself, which I think one should do... it doesn't work.
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.
barbara mysteries slowly sort vines
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.
amount money people sort
I do think that being a sort of celebrity and being well off does give me some responsibility. I think that people who make a lot of money - and I do - should certainly give a considerable amount of it away.
people quite sort
It makes me actually quite angry to think about people writing about torture with a sort of relish. Horrible.
buried finding finds flowers gardens goes gone houses indeed instead killer lived next serial sinister street trees turned victims
I think what would I do next if, as in his case, he goes to look at the place where a serial killer lived and indeed buried his victims and instead of finding this very squalid and sinister street he finds it's all gone and the whole place has been turned into a very pretty little enclave of small, pretty houses and gardens and trees and flowers and cobbled streets.
appearing fear
I think we all fear appearing foolish in public. We don't want to be laughed at.
cheerful people quite
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.
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.
given ipod life
I think I must be the only grandmother in the world who was given an iPod by her grandsons. It has changed my life - I'd be lost without it.
morning nine
I write every morning. From about a quarter to nine to a quarter to one. It might be nine to one, or 8:30 to 12:30.
people
Suspense is my thing. I think I am able to make people want to keep turning pages. They want to know what happens.
ate berries grew stomach visit
My mother was a Swede who grew up in Denmark. When I go there, I visit the street where she grew up and look at her house, which is still there, and the snowberry bush, from which she ate some berries and had to have her stomach pumped.