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

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

Topics: Jeanette Winterson Quotes

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

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 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...

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

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

I'm not a quitter.

I'm not a quitter.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

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...

I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I...

I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I...

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...

It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.

It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.

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...

Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't.

Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't.

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 it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously.

I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously.

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....

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...

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

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

I never cared about money.

I never cared about money.

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...