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 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.

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,...

I'm not a quitter.

I'm not a quitter.

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...

I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd...

I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...