English - Writer | October 22, 1919 - November 17, 2013
A story is how we construct our experiences.
Doris Lessing
StoryExperiencesConstructOurHow
I'm compulsive.
Compulsive
I was a nursemaid. And it was pretty boring.
BoringPretty
I never stopped reading.
ReadingNeverStopped
God knows why nobody ever learns from the preceding generation - but they don't.
GodGenerationNobodyWhyKnows
I'm just a story teller.
StoryJustTeller
I'm very unhappy when I'm not writing.
WritingUnhappyVery
Sometimes I think what I write is funny in its quiet way.
FunnyThinkQuietSometimesWay
I haven't got the energy to write now.
EnergyNowWriteGot
When you're young you think that you're going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue.
PeaceSailThinkYouLakeYoung
My father was always so mingled with rage at his life.
LifeFatherAlwaysRageHis
All my friends' mothers were appalling women.
WomenFriendsMothersWereAppalling
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