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

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.

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

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

You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.

You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one...

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one...

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

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

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.

I'm not a quitter.

I'm not a quitter.

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.

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 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 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 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 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...

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....

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...

When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do...

When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do...