I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come...

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come...

What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being.

What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being.

It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.

It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere...

I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere...

I didn't mind being unpopular at school, because everyone else was a heathen.

I didn't mind being unpopular at school, because everyone else was a heathen.

There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn't felt that.

There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn't felt that.

Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation...

Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation...

I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

I'm not a quitter.

I'm not a quitter.

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one...

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one...

I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd...

I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd...

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We...

Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We...

My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do...

My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do...

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity,...

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity,...

I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering...

I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering...

I like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life...

I like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life...

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it...

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it...

We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then.

We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then.