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

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who...

I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who...

I don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

Whether you want to call it God or the mystery of the cosmos doesn't matter...

Whether you want to call it God or the mystery of the cosmos doesn't matter...

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.

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.

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 had relationships with men as well as women. I wasn't choosing; I didn't think...

I had relationships with men as well as women. I wasn't choosing; I didn't think...

Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody...

Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody...

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.

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...

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...

In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.

In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.

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

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

I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I...

I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I...

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...

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

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

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 like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful...

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful...

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

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

My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.

My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.