I have a soft spot for charities that help children.
From Ruth Rendell
I do write about obsession, but I don't think I have an obsession for writing. I'm not a compulsive writer. I like to watch obsession in other people, watch the way it makes them behave.
I always write about subjects which attract me because if I didn't, it would be awful, a failure.
I knew quite a lot about politics before I went to Parliament.
My favourite book - 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford, which I have read about 20 times - is different from my favourite author, who is Iris Murdoch. I find her books exciting and unputdownable. Her characters are so carefully studied and in-depth; I love that.
I don't mind being distracted.
I agree with what Mark Twain said - we're all mad at night.
I always know what I'm going to write before I sit down.
It sounds awful and sort of goody two-shoes, but I never eat between meals.
I don't want to marry anybody, but I certainly wouldn't want to marry a bad novelist.
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