Doris Lessing

I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married. ”

A writer falls in love with an idea and gets carried away. ”

What is a hero without love for mankind. ”

I wasn't an active feminist in the '60s, never have been. ”

A story is how we construct our experiences. ”

I am always being described as having views that I've never had in my life. ”

I've worked hard all my life. You have to if you want to get things done. ”

My father was always so mingled with rage at his life. ”

There's always this sense of incredulity that writers feel, because they're usually living flat and ordinary lives, because they have to. ”

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. ”