"I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that ‘nothing succeeds like success.’"― Doris Lessing Topic(s): SuccessMore From Doris Lessing"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.""When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia.""What the feminists want of me is something they haven’t examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness."More In Success"Being out and about talking to residents and representing their views is, in my view, as important to politics as the grandstanding that takes place in Westminster."― Lucy Powell"Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture."― Charles Caleb Colton"Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands."― Zig Ziglar