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

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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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.

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 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'm not a quitter.

I'm not a quitter.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

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 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...

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.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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...

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

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

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...

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it...

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it...

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.