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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.

Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.

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.

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

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

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

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 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.

London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live....

London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live....

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

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

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

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 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...

My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do...

My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do...

I don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.