People tell me the most extraordinary things. I’ve noticed it for years. Perhaps they know I won’t be shocked. Or judgmental. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I do think that being a sort of celebrity and being well off does give me some responsibility. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
I think that people who make a lot of money – and I do – should certainly give a considerable amount of it away. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
I’m a very bad Christian, but I am a Christian. I think that all women, unless they are absolutely asleep, must be feminists up to a point. And socialist, well yes, of course, it’s not a fashionable word, but I am very much of the Left. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 I don’t like their attitude, which, if they weren’t young and therefore bright and vibrant, would be called outdated. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
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. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
I like to show what happens to people in the past and how it affects their present. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
