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.

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

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

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

I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government.

I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government.

Doris Lessing

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.

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

Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse.

Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse.

Doris Lessing

I haven't got the energy to write now.

I haven't got the energy to write now.

Doris Lessing

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

Doris Lessing

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