#writ

My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#death #father #got #him #his

I haven't got the energy to write now. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#got #haven #i #now #write

A writer falls in love with an idea and gets carried away. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#carried #falls #gets #idea #love

I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they write about their own experiences, something true is going to emerge. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#cause #down #emerge #ever #experiences

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. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#creative #creative writing #creative writing programs #deal #give

I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#i #i am #optimism #pessimism #story

I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#been #had #i #messed #messed up

I was a nursemaid. And it was pretty boring. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#been #had #i #messed #messed up

I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame. ↗