I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere in the middle.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

Topics: Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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

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

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 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 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 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.

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,...

Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.

Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.

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...

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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...

I never cared about money.

I never cared about money.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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...