I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I. 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. Doris Lessing
I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story. Doris Lessing
I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.' Doris Lessing
I never thought of London in terms of possible heroes - of course, there are thousands. It's a very talented city. Doris Lessing
I have a daughter and two grand-daughters and a great grandson in Africa, in Cape Town. Doris Lessing
When I became political and Communist, it was because they were the only people I had ever met who fought the color bar in their lives. Doris Lessing