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

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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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...

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...

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 like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life...

I like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life...

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,...

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

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

I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens...

I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens...

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.

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one...

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one...

I don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

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,...

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.