Top 116 Quotes by Doris Lessing

About Doris Lessing

These are some quotes by English author Doris Lessing Writer, who lived between October 22, 1919 and November 17, 2013.

Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative - despite what current ideology says.

Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative - despite what current ideology says.

Doris Lessing

A story is how we construct our experiences.

A story is how we construct our experiences.

Doris Lessing

I'm compulsive.

I'm compulsive.

Doris Lessing

My mother died happily of a stroke in her seventies.

My mother died happily of a stroke in her seventies.

Doris Lessing

What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness.

What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness.

Doris Lessing

I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story.

I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story.

Doris Lessing

Pearls mean tears.

Pearls mean tears.

Doris Lessing

I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.'

I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.'

Doris Lessing

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

Doris Lessing

I think a writer's job is to provoke questions. I like to think that if someone's read a book of mine, they've had - I don't know what - the literary equivalent of a shower. Something that would start them thinking in a slightly different way, perhaps. That's what I think writers are for.

Doris Lessing

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