“What I mind in modern society very much is the awful lack of grammar.” — Ruth Rendell Quote

“What I mind in modern society very much is the awful lack of grammar.”

“I always know when a novel is going to be a Barbara Vine one. In fact I believe that if I weren't to write it as Barbara Vine, I wouldn't be able to write it at all.”

“Many people have a profession or a job - most people do, I should think. And they do it. And that's what I did.”

“To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful.”

“I still get awful depression. It's who I am.”

“I somewhat joke that I know an awful lot because I learn from my mistakes. I just make a lot of mistakes. It's OK to fail in science just as long as you have the successes to go with the failures.”