There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives together without knowing each other's names. Naming is a difficult and time-consuming process; it concerns essences, and it means power. But on the wild nights…

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

Topics: Love Quotes

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.

I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens...

I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens...

Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the...

Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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'm not a quitter.

I'm not a quitter.

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...

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

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 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....

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

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

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

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...

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

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

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...

What you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.