{"id":62603,"date":"2013-11-18T11:27:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T16:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=62603"},"modified":"2013-11-18T15:09:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T20:09:37","slug":"doris-lessing-1919-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/18\/doris-lessing-1919-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Doris Lessing, 1919\u20132013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_62605\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/doris-Lessing-in-large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62605\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62605\" alt=\"Photo: Warner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/doris-Lessing-in-large.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/doris-Lessing-in-large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/doris-Lessing-in-large-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Warner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><center>INTERVIEWER<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Do you have any things you would have done differently, or any advice to give?<\/p>\n<p><center>LESSING<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Advice I don\u2019t go in for. The thing is, you do not believe I know everything in this field is a clich\u00e9, everything\u2019s already been said, but you just do not believe that you\u2019re going to be old. People don\u2019t realize how quickly they\u2019re going to be old, either. Time goes very fast.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Doris Lessing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/2537\/the-art-of-fiction-no-102-doris-lessing\" target=\"_blank\">the Art of Fiction No. 102<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTERVIEWER Do you have any things you would have done differently, or any advice to give? LESSING Advice I don\u2019t go in for. The thing is, you do not believe I know everything in this field is a clich\u00e9, everything\u2019s already been said, but you just do not believe that you\u2019re going to be old. 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