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

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.

What you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.

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,...

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...

I don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

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.

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...

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 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...

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

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

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break.

I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break.

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...

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...

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.

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.

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

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...

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...

I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.

I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.