#do

I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.' ↗

— Doris Lessing

#course #heroes #i #london #never

I've worked hard all my life. You have to if you want to get things done. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#get #hard #i #life #my life

For me, London is and always will be home. ↗

— Clive Owen

#home #london #me #will

When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#bit #british #british empire #did #empire

You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#escape #fact #first #five #i

I don't paint anymore. I haven't since I abandoned it at 19, in order to begin writing seriously. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#anymore #begin #haven #i #order

I grew up with an artist father, and my parents' friends were also mainly artists or writers, so he connects what I do with his example. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#artist #artists #connects #example #father

I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does. ↗

— Oscar Levant

#does #i #i think #lot #much

My fiction has been influenced by the visual arts, though not in obvious ways, it seems to me. I don't offer tremendous amounts of visual information in my work. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#been #fiction #i #influenced #information

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#become #career #doing #every #general