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Doris Lessing Quotes

For she was of that generation who, having found nothing in religion, had formed themselves through literature Picture Quote #1

I write because I've always written, can't stop. I am a writing animal. The way a silk worm is a silk-producing animal Picture Quote #1

How boring these emotions are that we're caught in and can't get free of, no matter how much we want to Picture Quote #1

You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so Picture Quote #1

I am a person who continually destroys the possibilities of a future because of the numbers of alternative viewpoints I can focus on the present Picture Quote #1

Novels give you the matrix of emotions, give you the flavour of a time in a way formal history cannot Picture Quote #1

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Words. Words. I play with words, hoping that some combination, even a chance combination, will say what I want Picture Quote #1

Her own contempt for any forms of pressure society might put on her was so profound and instinctive that she as instinctively despised anyone who paid tribute to them Picture Quote #1

Advice to young writers? Always the same advice: learn to trust our own judgment, learn inner independence, learn to trust that time will sort the good from the bad – including your own bad Picture Quote #1

Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty or fifty-and vise versa. Don't read a book out of it's right time for you Picture Quote #1

For women like me, integrity isn't chastity, it isn't fidelity, it isn't any of the old words. Integrity is the orgasm. That is something I haven't any control over Picture Quote #1

I don't know why I still find it so hard to accept that words are faulty and by their very nature innacurate Picture Quote #1

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Loneliness, she thought, was craving for other people's company. But she did not know that loneliness can be an unnoticed cramping of the spirit for lack of companionship Picture Quote #1

We try to have things both ways. We've always refused to live by the book and the rule; but then why start worrying because the world doesn't treat us by rule? Picture Quote #1

Growing up is, after all, only the understanding that one's unique and incredible experience is what every one shares Picture Quote #1

A woman writer, quitting love before literature when love lets her down, will put literature before love Picture Quote #1

The youth do not see the old. They are not programmed to see the old, who are cancelled, negated, wiped out Picture Quote #1

I find myself increasingly shocked at the unthinking and automatic rubbishing of men which is now so part of our culture that it is hardly even noticed Picture Quote #1

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I would not be at all surprised to find out... that the dimensions of buildings affect us in ways we don't guess Picture Quote #1

Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape Picture Quote #1

None of you [men] ask for anything - except everything, but just for so long as you need it Picture Quote #1

You have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer Picture Quote #1

It's amazing what you find out about yourself when you write in the first person about someone very different from you Picture Quote #1

There is a great line of women stretching out behind you into the past, and you have to seek them out and find them in yourself and be conscious of them Picture Quote #1

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I've always disliked words like inspiration. Writing is probably like a scientist thinking about some scientific problem, or an engineer about an engineering problem Picture Quote #1

I'm always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have in common Picture Quote #1

I am so happy to be communicating with people on this newest of new wavelengths which to some older people must seem like a kind of magic Picture Quote #1

And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. It is a positive thing. You can move about, unnoticed and invisible Picture Quote #1

The human community is evolving.... We can survive anything you care to mention. We are supremely equipped to survive, to adapt and even in the long run to start thinking Picture Quote #1

I don't think San Francisco needs defending. I never meet anyone who doesn't love the place, Americans or others Picture Quote #1

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For she was of that generation who, having found nothing in religion, had formed themselves through literature (Doris Lessing Quotes) I write because I've always written, can't stop. I am a writing animal. The way a silk worm is a silk-producing animal (Doris Lessing Quotes) How boring these emotions are that we're caught in and can't get free of, no matter how much we want to (Doris Lessing Quotes) You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so (Doris Lessing Quotes) I am a person who continually destroys the possibilities of a future because of the numbers of alternative viewpoints I can focus on the present (Doris Lessing Quotes) Novels give you the matrix of emotions, give you the flavour of a time in a way formal history cannot (Doris Lessing Quotes) Words. Words. I play with words, hoping that some combination, even a chance combination, will say what I want (Doris Lessing Quotes) Her own contempt for any forms of pressure society might put on her was so profound and instinctive that she as instinctively despised anyone who paid tribute to them (Doris Lessing Quotes) Advice to young writers? Always the same advice: learn to trust our own judgment, learn inner independence, learn to trust that time will sort the good from the bad – including your own bad (Doris Lessing Quotes) Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty or fifty-and vise versa. Don't read a book out of it's right time for you (Doris Lessing Quotes) For women like me, integrity isn't chastity, it isn't fidelity, it isn't any of the old words. Integrity is the orgasm. That is something I haven't any control over (Doris Lessing Quotes) I don't know why I still find it so hard to accept that words are faulty and by their very nature innacurate (Doris Lessing Quotes) Loneliness, she thought, was craving for other people's company. But she did not know that loneliness can be an unnoticed cramping of the spirit for lack of companionship (Doris Lessing Quotes) We try to have things both ways. We've always refused to live by the book and the rule; but then why start worrying because the world doesn't treat us by rule? (Doris Lessing Quotes) Growing up is, after all, only the understanding that one's unique and incredible experience is what every one shares (Doris Lessing Quotes) A woman writer, quitting love before literature when love lets her down, will put literature before love (Doris Lessing Quotes) The youth do not see the old. They are not programmed to see the old, who are cancelled, negated, wiped out (Doris Lessing Quotes) I find myself increasingly shocked at the unthinking and automatic rubbishing of men which is now so part of our culture that it is hardly even noticed (Doris Lessing Quotes) I would not be at all surprised to find out... that the dimensions of buildings affect us in ways we don't guess (Doris Lessing Quotes) Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape (Doris Lessing Quotes) None of you [men] ask for anything - except everything, but just for so long as you need it (Doris Lessing Quotes) You have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer (Doris Lessing Quotes) It's amazing what you find out about yourself when you write in the first person about someone very different from you (Doris Lessing Quotes) There is a great line of women stretching out behind you into the past, and you have to seek them out and find them in yourself and be conscious of them (Doris Lessing Quotes) I've always disliked words like inspiration. Writing is probably like a scientist thinking about some scientific problem, or an engineer about an engineering problem (Doris Lessing Quotes) I'm always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have in common (Doris Lessing Quotes) I am so happy to be communicating with people on this newest of new wavelengths which to some older people must seem like a kind of magic (Doris Lessing Quotes) And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. It is a positive thing. You can move about, unnoticed and invisible (Doris Lessing Quotes) The human community is evolving.... We can survive anything you care to mention. We are supremely equipped to survive, to adapt and even in the long run to start thinking (Doris Lessing Quotes) I don't think San Francisco needs defending. I never meet anyone who doesn't love the place, Americans or others (Doris Lessing Quotes)

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