I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody...

Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody...

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...

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 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 don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.

In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.

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 think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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...

I never cared about money.

I never cared about money.

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...

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...

What you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.