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

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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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 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...

They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world...

They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world...

Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place...

Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place...

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.

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'm not a quitter.

I'm not a quitter.

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

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

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...

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

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...

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

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

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...

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.

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.

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...

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...

Your weak point is the open, vulnerable place where you can always be hurt. Love,...

Your weak point is the open, vulnerable place where you can always be hurt. Love,...

My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And...

My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And...

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

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