Ruth Rendell Quotes

I write what I don't know. It's way more interesting.

When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.

As authors, we know that it is very difficult to unleash one's creativity.

I like to be fulfilled in telling stories and in creating, but I'm just a curious person.

Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story.

Reading makes me want to write my own books, and just trying to understand what I see in the world around me makes me want to figure things out.

I get so much inspiration from my travels, but I also started an exercise where I write down so many words every week. Then I begin crossing them off. We create a grid of words and also images, but words for me are more ample because you can interpret them your own way.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.

Live life and write about life. Of the making of many books there is indeed no end, but there are more than enough books about books.

I write what I'm interested in.

Do me a favor - right now, today, start a list of all your crazy obsessions, the things that get your heart pumping, that wake you up in the middle of the night. Put it above your desk and use it to guide you, to jumpstart your writing each and every day.

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.

My greatest joy comes from creativity: from feeling that I have been able to identify a certain aspect of human nature and crystallise a phenomenon in words.

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about.

As long as there are things to wonder about, there are stories to be written about them. That makes me happy, because writing about things seems to be my thing.

Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play; you have to get rid of all those internal censors that we adults have, the things that say, 'Don't go there, that's not allowed.'

I'm addicted to creating and writing.

I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about.

I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and then I travel. Literally, writing for me is like travelling. It's getting out of myself and living another life - maybe a better life.

I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.

People say, write what you know, but it's really, write about what obsesses you. Write about what you're thinking about all the time.

I'm constantly surprised by human nature and humanity. And I think that's why I love what I do: because I love to story-tell and bring new characters to life.

I think, by nature, human beings are curious. And I think that's only amplified as an artist.