Doris Lessing Quotes

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

Doris Lessing

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 22, 1919 - November 17, 2013

Topics

MarriageThinkTalentsBeenThan

If I talk about my father's funeral, as I did when I was promoting the last novel, 'Being Dead,' I'm not going to tell any lies, but there are certain things I'm not going to tell you, and I'm certainly not going to tell my grief.

Jim Crace

FatherGriefYouTalkDeadTell

What's wrong with the auto industry isn't that it failed to create jobs. What's wrong is that it emphasizes jobs over general growth itself.

Amity Shlaes

GrowthWrongCreateOverIndustry

My goal is just to become a better comedian.

Ron White

BetterGoalBecomeJustComedian

I really value distinctive movies, movies that feel that they came from a person that was really something that they had conceived and they made and is a reflection of who they are.

Roman Coppola

ReflectionValueFeelPersonMovies

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.

Rupert Holmes

TruthWritingTruth IsEarthRock

I've been religiously reading the O. Henry Prize anthologies every year since college, when I first began trying to write stories. Many of the authors whose work I cherish the most were people I first learned about through The O. Henry Prize Stories - and then I'd go search for their books.

Molly Antopol

WorkPeopleCollegeReadingSearch

Nearly one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. And slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in households with children under age 12.

Lucille Roybal-Allard

WomenLiveAgeChildrenExperience

I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.

Diane Abbott

TimeVisitingLocalLotSpend

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

Christine Lahti

LoveLovedCameraStageTo Love

Here's the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I don't find it anywhere else.

Bob Dylan

MusicTruthMePhilosophyFindHere

Biography should be written by an acute enemy.

Arthur Balfour

EnemyBiographyShouldWrittenAcute

Internally, we have so many different parts, both positive and negative. And if you force them together, a spark comes out.

Arca

PositiveTogetherNegativeSparkYou

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