Doris Lessing Quotes

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

Doris Lessing

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenThinkDoneMovementMuch

Some people with blogs are never going to get famous, and they've been doing it for, like, over a year. I feel bad for them.

Jessica Cutler

PeopleFamousFeelDoingYearBad

In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.

Andrew Young

ChangeWorldSurvivalViolenceNeed

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

John Major

ThinkPrimeRolePressCourt

No other athlete in any sport has ever had to go through what I have to.

John McEnroe

GoAthleteThroughOtherEverAny

Honestly, I don't talk; I just like to fight. I'm not a good talker.

Stipe Miocic

GoodFightTalkJustLikeTalker

Writing anything as an expert is really poisonous to the writing process, because you lose the quality of discovery.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

QualityWritingProcessYouLose

Stretching before and after every workout keeps muscles supple and helps elongate the lines of a ballerina's limbs.

Mary Helen Bowers

StretchingLinesMusclesWorkout

I always make a joke: 'Don't look into the future; it's too bright.' That's as positive as I can be.

Mike Colter

PositiveFutureLookI CanBright

Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we are.

Joyce Carol Oates

AmericaGoWhereUsGetCome

I like using traditional beliefs in my fantasies, even though I always end up warping them to suit my purpose: it somehow makes everything feel more 'solid' if it's got a long history behind it.

Jonathan Stroud

HistoryPurposeEndFeelLongMore

You have to create the show anew, and find it anew, on a nightly basis.

Bruce Springsteen

YouFindCreateShowAnewNightly

You like to think with young adults that with your books, a little part of it has reached them and will stay with them. It is great to be part of an eight-year-old's world.

Anthony Horowitz

GreatWorldThinkYouYoungWill

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