Ruth Rendell Quotes


"I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes."
- Ruth Rendell
(Related: Character)

"I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money."
- Ruth Rendell
(Related: Money)

"The knives of jealousy are honed on details."
- Ruth Rendell
(Related: Jealousy)

"I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden."
- Ruth Rendell
(Related: Burden, Want)

"While most of the things you've worried about have never happened, it's a different story with the things you haven't worried about. They are the ones that happen."
- Ruth Rendell
"I try, and I think I succeed, in making my readers feel sorry for my psychopaths, because I do."
- Ruth Rendell
(Related: Succeed)