Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel. Doris Lessing angelfaultfriend Change image and share on social
I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot. Doris Lessing bloodydelighteurope Change image and share on social
If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air. Doris Lessing aircatdiagram Change image and share on social
You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much. Doris Lessing escapefactmould Change image and share on social
What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that if you read a work of the imagination you instantly have to say, 'Oh, what this really is is so-and-so,' reducing it to a simple formula. Doris Lessing fascinateformulaimagination 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
It's very interesting what you don't care about. Doris Lessing careinterest Change image and share on social
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
It usually takes me a year to do a book. A year or eighteen months. Doris Lessing bookeighteenmonth Change image and share on social
