I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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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.

They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world...

They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

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 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...

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.

My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has...

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has...

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...