My father was always so mingled with rage at his life. Doris Lessing fatherlifemingle Change image and share on social
I'm sure that everybody feels a kind of permanent anguish about what's going on in the world. Doris Lessing anguishfeltkind Change image and share on social
I didn't go to school much, so I taught myself what I knew from reading. Doris Lessing knowreadschool Change image and share on social
It is very enjoyable, writing a story. You get this idea. It takes hold of you. And then you spend day and night thinking about how to do it. And then you do it. And much later, you think, 'Oh, yes. That's an interesting question.' Doris Lessing dayenjoyablehold share on social
Everything all the time in a city is extraordinary! Doris Lessing cityextraordinarytime Change image and share on social
What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared. Doris Lessing bookdisappearlearn 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 have ideas that I will probably never write now. Doris Lessing ideawrite Change image and share on social
Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance! Doris Lessing badchancegod Change image and share on social