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“There was a time when young people respected learning and literature and now they don't.”

Doris Lessing · Learning

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Doris Lessing

I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women.

Women

Doris Lessing

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

Marriage

Doris Lessing

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.

Truth

Doris Lessing

Sometimes I think what I write is funny in its quiet way.

Funny