I'm concerned with the lost, the lonely, the shy. I think shyness is in some ways more widespread now than formerly. I used to be shy myself. Of course, you can't be me now and remain shy, but I remember very well what it felt like.
From Ruth Rendell
I do think that being a sort of celebrity and being well off does give me some responsibility. I think that people who make a lot of money - and I do - should certainly give a considerable amount of it away.
I'm a very bad Christian, but I am a Christian.
I think that all women, unless they are absolutely asleep, must be feminists up to a point.
What I mind in modern society very much is the awful lack of grammar.
How could God allow cancer, poverty, the sheer unfairness of so many lives?
I don't think the world is a particularly pleasant place.
I don't think there is a fictional character who resembles me because fictional characters are not real!
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.
I'm not much of an eater.
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