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

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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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...

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...

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...

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 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 don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

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...

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

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

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

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

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

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.