Doris May Lessing CH (née Taylerborn 22 October 1919) is a British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer.
It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel. Use this quote
When you're young you think that you're going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue. Use this quote
What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared. Use this quote
What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness. Use this quote
Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time. Use this quote
Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse. Use this quote
There's an unconscious bias in our society: girls are wonderful; boys are terrible. And to be a boy, or young man, growing up, having to listen to all this, it must be painful. Use this quote
I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.' Use this quote
I think kids ought to travel. I think it's very good to carry kids around. It's good for them. Of course it's tough on the parents. Use this quote
My father was in the First World War. Use this quote
