In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

Quote by Doris Lessing

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Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if...

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if...

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how...

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how...

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

Small things amuse small minds.

Small things amuse small minds.

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the...

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the...

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best...

There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best...

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being...

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth...

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth...

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a...

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a...