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Ruth Rendell

Ruth Rendell

British Writer

Born: Feb 17, 1930

Died: May 2, 2015

About Me People Think Writing You

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Where blackmail is involved, telling the police is always a good option. Ruth Rendell

Good Police Telling Involved Always Option Where

I don't want to be a fusty old lady writer. Ruth Rendell

Old Writer Lady Want Old Lady

I never write about a place I don't know. Ruth Rendell

About Write Never Know Place

I'm careful about keeping myself fit and thin, or as thin as I can manage. Ruth Rendell

Myself About Fit Manage Keeping Thin Careful

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 I don't like their attitude, which, if they weren't young and therefore bright and vibrant, would be called outdated.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

Attitude People Old Young Way Would Would-Be Outdated About Write Like Talk Were Vibrant Which Young People Therefore Bright

I have never been a foodie and am seldom very hungry. Ruth Rendell

Hungry Seldom Never Am Been Very

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

Morning Every Nine About Write Quarter Might

I don't expect the sun to be always shining, or even want that to happen. Ruth Rendell

Sun Always Shining Expect Want Happen Even

I can't sum up my books. They're all rather complicated. Sometimes I think they're too complicated. But that's the way I am. When I start to write a book, my head gets full of all kinds of detail. Ruth Rendell

Book Complicated Sometimes Think Too Sum Books Way Detail Kinds Rather Write Head Am Up Gets Full Start

I like to show what happens to people in the past and how it affects their present. Ruth Rendell

People Past Like How Affects In The Past Happens Show Present

It's not necessary with your friends to discuss something you know you will disagree profoundly on. Ruth Rendell

You Disagree Will Something Know Friends Discuss Your Necessary Profoundly

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

I was imbued from a very early age with a sense of doom. Ruth Rendell

Age Sense Very Very Early Age Doom Early Early Age

Ford Maddox Ford's 'The Good Soldier' is my favourite novel. I first read it in the 1950s and have read it about 20 times since. It's possibly the best-constructed book in the English language. Ruth Rendell

Good Book Language First Soldier Possibly Favourite About Good Soldier Since Read Ford Times English English Language Novel

I'm not much of a shoe person, but I love a pair by Bruno Magli that I've had for 10 years. Ruth Rendell

Love Had Years Shoe Person Much Pair

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