My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And that is enough.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

Topics: Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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...

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...

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 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 hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

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 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 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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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...

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity,...

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity,...

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...

In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.

In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.

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...

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.