Ruth Rendell Quite Quotations

I have had quite a lot of prizes, but I don't think it makes any difference to the ease or difficulty to the writing process.

People always tell me my books are so dark; I don't think they're particularly dark. I'm not like that. I'm quite a cheerful soul.

Violence is very much with us, and we like to see it. I doubt if you can change that, and I'm not sure you should want to. I have occasionally been very upset by something I was writing, but it's quite rare: I keep my writing very separate from my life.

I have two quite large houses, and every cupboard and drawer is stuffed with books.

It makes me actually quite angry to think about people writing about torture with a sort of relish. Horrible.