Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

Topics: Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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...

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....

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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 hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

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...

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...

Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.

Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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 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...

To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an...

To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an...