I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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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...

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 believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an...

To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an...

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

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

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 you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.

Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.

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,...

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 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.

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.

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.