Ruth Rendell Quotes

Suspense is my thing. I think I am able to make people want to keep turning pages. They want to know what happens.

Ruth Rendell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 17, 1930 - May 2, 2015

Topics

I AmPeopleThinkKnowWantKeep

Once you privatize something, it becomes a for-profit business.

Jesse Ventura

BusinessYouSomethingOnceBecomes

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States would enter, in a formal way, what had been up to that date strictly a European conflict. Marcus Garvey's prophecy about the European scramble to maintain dominance over the whole world was now a reality.

John Henrik Clarke

ConflictWorldRealityNowWayOver

I think to a certain extent in Bosnia and among the Hutus in Rwanda and also among the Tutsis in Rwanda who then took revenge on the Hutus, there is a sense of being swept up and a sense that the society in which they live has gone mad.

John Pomfret

LiveSocietyRevengeThinkMadGone

Every rugby player in Australia and New Zealand or wherever they are from wants to play in the World Cup, and I am no different.

Sonny Bill Williams

I AmWorldPlayNewAustraliaCup

I'm a terrible singer, but I'm not shy about it. I'm shy about dancing.

Ronda Rousey

ShyDancingSingerTerribleAbout

For me, writing is just processing.

Mary Lambert

MeWritingJustProcessing

Commercial directing felt like a very natural transition from my comedy, sketch, music video directing experience.

Milana Vayntrub

MusicExperienceComedyTransition

Usually, one's cooking is better than one thinks it is.

Julia Child

CookingBetterThanThinks

Real intimacy depends on truth - lovingly told - especially in the bedroom.

Joyce Brothers

TruthIntimacyBedroomRealDepends

I discovered that there is Indian blood in my ancestry on my father's side - a fact that had not been talked about in my family. No wonder I've often been cast in exotic roles - Indian princesses, Russian revolutionaries, Algerians, Gypsies and Greeks.

Diana Quick

FamilyFatherWonderBloodSide

In film producing, there is an inherent tension between the director, the money and the producer, and that's what keeps it flowing and honest and accountable.

Christine Vachon

MoneyDirectorProducerTensionFilm

Why are online games so addictive? It's mostly the narcotic appeal of 'leveling.'

Clive Thompson

WhyGamesOnlineAddictiveAppeal

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