Doris Lessing Quotes

I don't read all the newspapers.

I tend to read non-fiction.

I'm one of those people that read a newspaper.

I must admit I don't usually buy a daily paper, although I will get one if there's an interview I want to read.

Of course there is no denying the possible pleasure of holing up with a fat, slow-moving, mediocre novel; still, we all know that we can indulge ourselves in that fashion only so much. In the end, we read not for reading's sake, but to learn.

I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.

The first book I ever really read was Plato's 'Republic,' and then I had to go over that five times or something.

Read everything you can get your hands on: Programme your mind to read all the time and everywhere - even in the bathroom; skim through the lines printed on the back of shampoo bottles and sanitary napkin packets.

My mom cautioned me not to become a gossip! I was always up in people's business. People told me stuff... even when I didn't ask and I channeled my story gathering and good sources into a hunger for the news.

I'm a reporter by nature, I want to know everything.

I don't read the paper.

I read 'The Washington Post' every day from a very young age. Reading the newspaper taught me how to organize my thoughts on the page. Meaning, it taught me how to write.

I'm a voracious reader. I want information, all kinds - Internet, books, magazines.

I get the 'Guardian' delivered every day and read it very quickly. I like it for both the TV and theatre reviews and because it's very accessible. At the weekend, I get the 'Observer' because I love the food supplement, Observer Food Monthly, and the style section. And I can't resist the News of the World.

Reading 'The New Yorker' - I start on the last page and go backwards, reading all the cartoons. Then I read 'Shouts and Murmurs.' Then I read the reviews. Then I read the articles that immediately appeal to me.

My library is segregated into philosophy, history, general reading, travel, my own books... and only three cookbooks.

I don't really read the papers.

Young adult fiction is getting more popular among adults because the writer is trying hard all the time to maintain the reader's interest.

The editor of a newspaper, who is an old friend, asked me to write a column. According to her, I cracked lame jokes all the time and read voraciously.

I read the Guardian when I can get it, but I have to admit I mostly turn to the sport.

I usually like 'The Guardian' and its journalistic bent, but sometimes 'The Independent.' And if I'm being totally honest, some weekends I'll have a 'News of the Screws' or a 'Sunday Spurt.' You need high and lowbrow.

I read research like other people read sports magazines or fashion magazines.

I am a news junkie and I can't remember a time when I haven't read a paper or even when I am abroad, watched the news on a TV or your phone.

Anything by D. H. Lawrence or Jean Genet - 'Zen Mind,' 'Beginner's Mind' is my daily go to for non-fiction.

As a teenager, I read a lot of science-fiction, but then I read 'Catch-22' and 'The Catcher in the Rye' and started reading more literary fiction.