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

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

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...

I don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

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 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.

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

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

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 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.

Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place...

Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place...

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

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.

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity,...

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity,...

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...

Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the...

Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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.