Literature is analysis after the event.

Quote by Doris Lessing

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Small things amuse small minds.

Small things amuse small minds.

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...

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

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...

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.

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

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

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

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...

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...

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

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...

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in...

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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