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 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...

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...

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.

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 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...

What you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.

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 hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

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...

We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then.

We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then.

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

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

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 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.

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 think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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

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

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...

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

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

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 hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.