I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they write about their own experiences, something true is going to emerge. Doris Lessing Read Quote
The World War I, I’m a child of World War I. And I really know about the children of war. Because both my parents were both badly damaged by the war. My father, physically, and both mentally and emotionally. So, I know exactly what it’s like to be brought up in an atmosphere of a continual harping on the war. Doris Lessing Read Quote
I got married and I had children because of the Second World War, as all of us did, exclaiming, ‘Oh, no, we are never going to bring a child into this wicked world,’ but we had children by the dozen and got married. Doris Lessing Read Quote
When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a week, I’d do unbelievable amounts of work. Doris Lessing Read Quote
I don’t write well when I’m sitting there sweating about every single phrase. Doris Lessing Read Quote
It’s amazing what you find out about yourself when you write in the first person about someone very different from you. Doris Lessing Read Quote
I remember World War II when there were very few books, very little paper available. For me to walk into a shop or look at a list and see anything that I want, or almost anything, is like a kind of miracle. Doris Lessing Read Quote
