Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse. – Doris Lessing
I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that nothing succeeds like success. – Doris Lessing
If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air. – Doris Lessing
What society doesnt realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they dont now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared. – Doris Lessing
Studios, because they are investing a great deal of money in movies, they want a guarantee that when they hire somebody that person can deliver for them. Everything is fear based, so they pigeonhole people. But Ive written everything, from Westerns to sci-fi to dramedy, Ive done it all. – Melissa Rosenberg