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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 live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens...

I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens...

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

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

There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives...

There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives...

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...

What you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.

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

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

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...

The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when...

The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when...

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 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.

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 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...

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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 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...

I don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

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 hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

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...