Doris Lessing Quotes

I think a writer's job is to provoke questions. I like to think that if someone's read a book of mine, they've had - I don't know what - the literary equivalent of a shower. Something that would start them thinking in a slightly different way, perhaps. That's what I think writers are for.

Doris Lessing

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

JobStartBookThinkThinkingKnow

Being president looks like the worst job in the world.

John Mulaney

JobWorldLooksWorstPresident

I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I've really studied it.

Jean M. Auel

I CanUnderstandThroughMoveReally

I'm the audience's representative on earth.

Michael Caine

EarthAudienceRepresentative

I had, like, 11 jobs. I've been fired 11 times! 'Cause I'm not cut for that. You know, I was a great employee, man. Everybody loved me coming to work - I'm singing, tellin' jokes on the assembly line. I was miserable, man. I was dying. I was dying.

Steve Harvey

WorkGreatManMeSingingLoved

I never wanted to marry Roger Clemens. I wanted him to do right by his family.

Mindy McCready

FamilyNeverRightHimMarryWanted

People in the news media after I got caught said how could you have not caught this guy? He had 50 corrections in four years. That's a lot of corrections. Well what they failed to look at is how many stories there were and out of 700 plus stories, 50 corrections is not a high amount.

Jayson Blair

PeopleMediaYouLookNewsSaid

Seattle is this curious liberal 'island.'

Jonathan Raban

CuriousIslandSeattleLiberal

A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater.

Christy Mathewson

WomanTrainingSpringLooksYoung

I was pretty shocked at the appearance of the Galaxy S phone and the extent to which it appeared to copy Apple products and the problems that would create for us.

Phil Schiller

ProblemsApplePhoneCopyCreateUs

Technology adds nothing to art.

Penn Jillette

TechnologyArtNothingAdds

Our society's strong emphasis on dieting and self-image can sometimes lead to eating disorders. We know that more than 5 million Americans suffer from eating disorders, most of them young women.

Tipper Gore

WomenSocietyEatingStrongDiet

I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whoppers? No, that's dangerous and they'll boomerang.

Richard Chamberlain

HurtBetterFeelSomeoneFeelings

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