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

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

Topics: Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.

You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.

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...

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...

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'm not a quitter.

I'm not a quitter.

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...

Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the...

Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...