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Great Deal Quotes by Doris Lessing
- In the writing process, the more the story cooks, the better. The brain works for you even when you are at rest. I find dreams…
- You have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.
- My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my…
- 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,…
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