212 Quotes by Ruth Rendell

They spoke from a distant past when everyone read books and most people had hobbies, made things, played cards and chess, dressed up and played charades, sewed and painted and wrote letters and sent postcards.

She wasn’t there. He wouldn’t have had to look too closely. She stood out from others like an angel in hell or a rose in a sewer.

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.

His school had been so committed to establishing equality that the staff told a pupil he or she had done well only if they could tell every other member of the class the same thing.

The admonitions of those who seldom remonstrate are more effective than the commands of naggers.

It was useless arguing with people like her. They had stereotyped minds that ran along grooves of stock response and the commonplace.

I do think that being a sort of celebrity and being well off does give me some responsibility.

I don't find writing easy. That is because I do take great care; I rewrite a lot.

I always write about what interests me.