Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't.

Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't.

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the...

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, 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...

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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 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.

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...

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,...

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...

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear...

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear...

I never cared about money.

I never cared about money.

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

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

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...

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...

If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing...

If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing...

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 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...

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...

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

I don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.