Doris May Lessing CH (née Taylerborn 22 October 1919) is a British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer.
When there's a war, people get married. Use this quote
I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I. Use this quote
I think a lot of romanticizing has gone on with the women's movement. Use this quote
Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative - despite what current ideology says. Use this quote
I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women. Use this quote
All my friends' mothers were appalling women. Use this quote
You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much. Use this quote
