I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer. Doris Lessing creativedealgive share on social
I've worked hard all my life. You have to if you want to get things done. Doris Lessing hardhavelife Change image and share on social
Time and distance from the first and second world wars doesn't seem to lessen their horrors. Doris Lessing distancehorrorlessen Change image and share on social
All my friends' mothers were appalling women. Doris Lessing appallfriendmother Change image and share on social
When I started, there were no big interviews, no television, no profiles and all that. The publishers were quite shockingly uncommercial, but they did look after their writers. Doris Lessing biginterviewprofile Change image and share on social
There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be. Doris Lessing law Change image and share on social
I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame. Doris Lessing fameposthumoussit Change image and share on social
It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. Doris Lessing abstractiondestroyinterest Change image and share on social
When I became political and Communist, it was because they were the only people I had ever met who fought the color bar in their lives. Doris Lessing barcolorcommunist Change image and share on social
What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better. Doris Lessing capablelovepretend Change image and share on social
