Ruth Rendell Quotes

I have an idea, and I have a perpetrator, and I write the book along those lines, and when I get to the last chapter, I change the perpetrator so that if I can deceive myself, I can deceive the reader.

Ruth Rendell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChangeMyselfBookI CanChapter

Whenever I play a role, it's like I've been kidnapped inside my own body.

John Lithgow

BodyPlayMy OwnInsideOwnRole

There's a lot of movies that aren't all about Christmas, or where Christmas isn't the focus, but have that spirit of Christmas in them. I love that sequence in 'Auntie Mame,' where she's in the department store, sewing at Macy's, and she doesn't know how to do anything but fill out a form as 'cash on delivery!'

Robert Osborne

LoveFocusKnowMoviesChristmas

I really think there are two genres of music: good music and bad music. And I'm just trying to be on the side of making good music.

Andy Mineo

GoodMusicThinkTryingBadSide

A company like Adobe, there are dozens of different teams that are using Slack. Each of those elected to use Slack independently.

Stewart Butterfield

CompanyDifferentLikeSlackThose

I've always summed up my definition of fashion as the way that people present themselves on the public stage.

Robin Givhan

PeopleFashionPresentWayStageUp

When I consider a problem, it is now instinctive for me to think about the institutions involved, the authorizing environment, possible coalitions, likely opposition, implementation, legal issues, resource dimensions, communications - and how the problem fits into a stream of other issues.

Robert Zoellick

MeThinkLegalEnvironmentProblem

I've had the opportunity to experience firsthand how tech companies can help people in their daily lives.

Ruth Porat

DailyOpportunityExperiencePeople

You think that if you are the best actor, you deserve the most or if you are the biggest star, you deserve the most. That race just isn't important to me.

Josh Hartnett

BestMeThinkYouImportantActor

I really appreciate gory movies.

David Slade

AppreciateMoviesReally

Pope Francis is calling for a better way to hold together complicated family lives in the midst of official church teaching without alienating people who have marital issues and family problems.

Anthea Butler

FamilyTogetherPeopleBetterChurch

I wish people wouldn't think of me as a saint - unless they agree with the definition of a saint that a saint's a sinner who goes on trying.

Aung San Suu Kyi

PeopleMeThinkWishTryingI Wish

If you look at winners of the Nobel Prize in biology, you'll find a fair smattering of people who don't know how to work a pipette.

Aubrey de Grey

WorkPeopleYouLookBiologyFind

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Ruth Rendell