212 Quotes by Ruth Rendell

Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

People are different in reality from the way you've seen them while making scenarios in your mind. For one thing, they're less consistent. They surprise you all the time.

I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.

Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one's other self listening.

We always know when we are awake that we cannot be dreaming even though when actually dreaming we feel all this may be real.

I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden".

Was it possible people were heavier dead than alive?

I kill, therefore I am.

To say that Agatha Christie’s characters are cardboard cut-outs is an insult to cardboard cut-outs.