I very much like writing about homosexual relations. I don’t quite know why. Perhaps it’s because I feel there’s still so much to be said about them. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
I’m concerned with the lost, the lonely, the shy. I think shyness is in some ways more widespread now than formerly. I used to be shy myself. Of course, you can’t be me now and remain shy, but I remember very well what it felt like. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
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. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
The more you pander to what is, presumably, the taste of young people, the more you corrupt. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
Why do we have to have violence, torture, brutality in crime dramas every time we turn on television? Any new crime drama is going to have, sooner or later, a lot of torture and nasty things that make people flinch. Lots of young people I know shrink and flinch from that kind of thing on television, so I think showing it is a mistake. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
Crimes are more often committed out of fear than wickedness. People live frightened, desperate lives. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
I think we all fear appearing foolish in public. We don’t want to be laughed at. Ruth Rendell Read Quote
