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

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has...

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has...

I never cared about money.

I never cared about money.

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.

Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self.

Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self.

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 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...

Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.

Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.

With animal behavior, they're all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage,...

With animal behavior, they're all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage,...

I don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

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...

I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously.

I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously.

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

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

Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.

Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.

When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do...

When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do...

Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the...

Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the...

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that...

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that...

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.