What's terrible is to prete... by Doris Lessing, an English Writer

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“What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.”

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Name: Doris Lessing

Nationality: English

Date of Birth: Oct 22, 1919

Profession: Writer

C. J. Cherryh Mary Teresa Norton Nigel Kneale

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What is a hero without love for mankind.

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

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Literature is analysis after the event.

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With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.

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I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.

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