Doris Lessing

Things are not quite so simple always as black and white.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.