It doesn’t matter what kind of book you write – you ought to write it well and with some kind of style and elegance. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
There are some novelists who can get away with writing about sex – Philip Roth, Ian McEwan – but they are rare. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
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. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
The things I write about are completely removed from my own life, but people want to know the characters better. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
I’ve done the big 12-city tours, and I’m never going to do that again – never. I was younger then. It wears you out, you know. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
I have two quite large houses, and every cupboard and drawer is stuffed with books. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
