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

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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

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

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...

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 think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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.

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

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

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

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

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

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,...

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...

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 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 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 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 think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.

I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.

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...

I never cared about money.

I never cared about money.

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...

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...

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...