I didn't mind being unpopular at school, because everyone else was a heathen.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

Topics: Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful...

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful...

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,...

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...

London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live....

London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live....

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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...

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...

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.

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 wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.

I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.

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.

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.

I'm not a quitter.

I'm not a quitter.