Great Writing Quotes by Author Ruth Rendell

I get a lot of letters from people. They say “I want to be a writer. What should I do?” I tell them to stop writing to me and to get on with it.

Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

To say that Agatha Christie’s characters are cardboard cut-outs is an insult to cardboard cut-outs.

I can’t exist without books.

I really do literally put myself into a character’s shoes.

To be a classic, a novel should be original.

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