Ruth Rendell Quotes

I don't find writing easy. That is because I do take great care: I rewrite a lot. If anything is sort of clumsy and not possible to read aloud to oneself, which I think one should do... it doesn't work.

Ruth Rendell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkGreatWritingThinkCareFind

If you're lucky enough to have a position where people listen to you, you should say stuff you believe in - but not if you're Jenny McCarthy. Then you should shut up. But if you're right, like Amy Poehler, then speak up.

Megan Amram

PeopleBelieveSpeakEnoughYouSay

Most shareholders have little if any control over the companies in which they own stock, even if they own a million shares.

Robert Kiyosaki

ControlOverLittleOwnShareholders

God made me and broke the mold.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

GodMeMoldMadeBroke

I have been one of the guys who have been skeptical of global warming from the beginning. The jury is obviously still out on it. We see nothing but conflicting reports from across the globe. I'm not sure; I'm not a scientist.

Michael Grimm

BeginningNothingGlobal WarmingSee

The reader knows the writer better than he knows himself; but the writer's physical presence is light from a star that has moved on.

John Updike

LightBetterPresenceStarKnowsHe

We see ourselves as the world's digital library. That can be a lot more than books. We do want to expand to other types of content: sheet music, magazines, user-generated content.

Trip Adler

MusicWorldLibraryWantDigital

I wrote for free for, like, fifteen years; I could redo my parlor in rejection slips. It would be surprisingly tasteful - they use nice paper.

MaryJanice Davidson

FreeRejectionNiceYearsPaperUse

The organization is a way for people to find us and deal with us and know how we operate.

Mitchell Baker

PeopleOrganizationFindKnowWay

Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.

Denzel Washington

WorkThinkCameraDoneWhereBehind

We have to change course. And we have to do so now. That is why I worked with my colleagues in Washington to pass the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

ChangeColleaguesNowWashingtonWhy

This may sound strange but I had dreams as a kid of doing exactly what I ended up doing in my life.

Corey Hart

LifeDreamsMy LifeDoingStrange

Having great friends in New York is like having great friends on an expedition into Darkest Africa in the early 19th century. You need them. And you need sponsorship on a daily basis. I have a painter friend here who says, 'I need two compliments a day just to break even.' And we gave them to each other, and we got them - and honestly got them.

Allan Gurganus

FriendDailyGreatDayNew YorkYou

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