If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that...

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that...

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 don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

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...

I'm not a quitter.

I'm not a quitter.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

What you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the...

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the...

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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...

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,...

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 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...

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

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

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

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...