You should write, first of all, to please yourself. You shouldn't care a damn about anybody else at all. But writing can't be a way of life; the important part of writing is living. You have to live in such a way that your writing emerges from it. Doris Lessing caredamnemerge 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
I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married. Doris Lessing happyhavemarriage Change image and share on social
You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires. Doris Lessing absolutelybritishdisappear Change image and share on social
The Nobel Prize is run by a self-perpetuated committee. They vote for themselves and get the world's publishing industry to jump to their tune. Doris Lessing committeeindustryjump Change image and share on social
Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time. Doris Lessing dialectfictionscience Change image and share on social
This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything. Doris Lessing equiplayerpeasant 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
