Doris Lessing

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I would not be at all surprised to find out... That the dimensions of buildings affect us in ways we don't guess.

Doris Lessing
surprised , find , dimensions
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It's amazing what you find out about yourself when you write in the first person about someone very different from you.

Doris Lessing
amazing , find , out
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I don't write well when I'm sitting there sweating about every single phrase.

Doris Lessing
write , well , sitting
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I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it's very painful.

Doris Lessing
thought , go , without
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I always hated Tony Blair, from the beginning.

Doris Lessing
always , hated , tony
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When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in that is, old Southern Rhodesia.

Doris Lessing
young , did , best
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I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame.

Doris Lessing
those , writers , worrying
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I am your original autodidact.

Doris Lessing
your , original
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It's very interesting what you don't care about.

Doris Lessing
very , interesting , care
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You know, looking at it objectively, I've written one or two good books.

Doris Lessing
looking , written , two
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I have a daughter and two grand-daughters and a great grandson in Africa, in Cape Town.

Doris Lessing
daughter , two , great
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Things are not quite so simple always as black and white.

Doris Lessing
things , quite , simple
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If you are a young writer today, it's very hard.

Doris Lessing
young , writer , very
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Time and distance from the first and second world wars doesn't seem to lessen their horrors.

Doris Lessing
time , distance , first
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I've worked hard all my life. You have to if you want to get things done.

Doris Lessing
worked , hard , want