I don't like the way young people write and talk about the old. I don't like their attitude, which, if they weren't young and therefore bright and vibrant, would be called outdated. - Ruth Rendell 2 Share Now -
I was a child, and in 1942, I was evacuated to the Cotswolds with my mother, who was a teacher - she went with her school. I lived in one house in the village, and my mother was in the vicarage. - Ruth Rendell 3 Share Now -
I'm very fond of Tennessee Williams' plays, and when my husband and I went to New Orleans in the late 1970s, we saw 'A Street Car Named Desire.' - Ruth Rendell 5 Share Now -
I write every morning. From about a quarter to nine to a quarter to one. It might be nine to one, or 8:30 to 12:30. - Ruth Rendell 6 Share Now -
I always write about subjects which attract me because if I didn't, it would be awful, a failure. - Ruth Rendell 7 Share Now -
You don't knock television, even if you don't always like what they make of your work. It makes all the difference between being an also-ran writer and very famous. - Ruth Rendell 8 Share Now -
