British - Writer | February 17, 1930 - May 2, 2015
I'm not much of an eater.
Ruth Rendell
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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.
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I have a soft spot for charities that help children.
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I do write about obsession, but I don't think I have an obsession for writing. I'm not a compulsive writer. I like to watch obsession in other people, watch the way it makes them behave.
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I always write about subjects which attract me because if I didn't, it would be awful, a failure.
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I knew quite a lot about politics before I went to Parliament.
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I don't mind being distracted.
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I agree with what Mark Twain said - we're all mad at night.
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I always know what I'm going to write before I sit down.
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It sounds awful and sort of goody two-shoes, but I never eat between meals.
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I don't want to marry anybody, but I certainly wouldn't want to marry a bad novelist.
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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.
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