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Ruth Rendell
Ruth Rendell
British Writer
Born: Feb 17, 1930
Died: May 2, 2015
About Me People Think Writing You
Related authors: Alan Moore Arthur Conan Doyle J. B. Priestley Jane Austen Lawrence Durrell Mary Wollstonecraft Norman Douglas Tom Hodgkinson
What I mind in modern society very much is the awful lack of grammar. Ruth Rendell
Mind Society Very Modern Lack Grammar Modern Society Much Awful
I wouldn't be young again even if it were possible, but I am not going to pretend that growing old is all sweetness and light. Ruth Rendell
Light Old Young Possible Pretend Am Were Going Again Sweetness Even Growing Growing Old
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. Ruth Rendell
Work Great Writing Care Think Possible Easy Find Oneself Take Aloud Read Sort Because Lot Rewrite Anything Which Clumsy Should
Women's rights are more important than their ethnic rights. Ruth Rendell
Rights Women Important More Than Ethnic
I don't like slapdash careless prose, and if I saw myself doing it, I would give up writing altogether. Ruth Rendell
Myself Writing Careless Saw Would Give Prose Like Altogether Doing Up
While most of the things you've worried about have never happened, it's a different story with the things you haven't worried about. They are the ones that happen. Ruth Rendell
You Worried About Never Most Different Happen Happened Story While Different Story Things
I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money. Ruth Rendell
You Wonderful Money Proposals Had Catch Since Know Am Been Lot Two Widow
I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes. Ruth Rendell
Myself Character Shoes Put Literally Really
People are still being put into geriatric wards when they don't need it. They need treatment, not just being put into bed and fed. Ruth Rendell
People Fed Put Bed Still Geriatric Just Being Need Treatment
My mother had multiple sclerosis. Ruth Rendell
Mother Had Multiple Multiple Sclerosis
The more you pander to what is, presumably, the taste of young people, the more you corrupt. Ruth Rendell
You People Young Presumably Corrupt More Taste Young People
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
Time Mistake People Crime Young Every Think Every Time Drama Dramas Later Television Kind Torture Brutality Sooner Sooner Or Later New Know Make Nasty Lot Lots Any Going Young People Turn Turn-On Showing Shrink Why Thing Things Violence
Crimes are more often committed out of fear than wickedness. People live frightened, desperate lives. Ruth Rendell
People Fear Desperate Live Crimes Out More Than Frightened Committed Often Lives Wickedness
I think we all fear appearing foolish in public. We don't want to be laughed at. Ruth Rendell
Fear Think Laughed Foolish Want Public Appearing
Hugh Grant will always be associated with his scandal, and so will Max Mosley. Ruth Rendell
Will Scandal Always His Hugh Max Grant Associated
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
Writing Relations About Feel Like Perhaps Know Because Said Still Very Quite Them Much Why Homosexual
'The Chimney Sweeper's Boy' began differently from any previous book I'd written. It actually derives from a story a friend - the novel's dedicatee, Patrick Maher - told me. Ruth Rendell
Me Book Previous Written Boy Friend Began Any Story Chimney Derives Novel Actually Differently
I'm a very bad Christian, but I am a Christian. Ruth Rendell
Christian Bad Am Very
I think that all women, unless they are absolutely asleep, must be feminists up to a point. Ruth Rendell
Women Think Unless Must All Women Point Absolutely Feminists Up Asleep
I don't think the world is a particularly pleasant place. Ruth Rendell
World Think Pleasant Particularly Place
In judging other people's work, particularly short stories, I have noticed how novice writers tell the readers everything about their characters in the first paragraphs, disclose their motives, reveal their recent activities and their future intentions. Ruth Rendell
Work Future People First Disclose Other Everything Tell Characters Paragraphs About Writers Particularly Readers Judging Reveal How Motives Short Intentions Stories Short Stories Noticed Activities Novice Recent
I have a soft spot for charities that help children. Ruth Rendell
Soft Spot Charities Spot Children Help Soft
It sounds awful and sort of goody two-shoes, but I never eat between meals. Ruth Rendell
Eat Never Between Sort Sounds Meals Awful
I am curious about people. I want to know their secrets... because I am the last person to whom I would tell a secret; people tell me their secrets. Ruth Rendell
Me People Secret Secrets Tell Would About Know Because Am Person Curious Want Whom Last
I don't choose my villains and heroes for political reasons. Ruth Rendell
Political Heroes Choose Reasons Villains
I am interested in names and what they say; it is true. I like to look at the columns of baby names in the newspapers. But I don't run out of new ones for my characters. Ruth Rendell
Baby Say Out Characters Run True Columns New Like Names Look Am New Ones Interested Newspapers They Say
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