More From Doris Lessing
- "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."
- "There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best."
- "What the feminists want of me is something they haven’t examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness."
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- "I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; – poetry = the best words in the best order."― Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- "I sort of try to write everything for me. I’m a huge sports fan but have no interest in minutiae. I don’t remember who won Super Bowls five years ago or listen to sports talk radio. I’m trying to make sure the jokes are self-contained so they’re accessible to everyone."― Norm MacDonald
- "Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do."― Anna Held