London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live. Everybody is sort of on top of each other.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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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.

My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.

My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has...

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has...

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.

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...

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 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...

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

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...

What you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.

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

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

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

I'm not a quitter.

I'm not a quitter.

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 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...