What you risk reveals what you value.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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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...

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...

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 believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.

I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.

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

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

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

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

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...

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

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 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 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...

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...

Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't.

Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't.

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it...

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it...

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.

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...

There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives...

There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives...

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and...

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and...

If you have it [Love], you don't need to have anything else, and if you...

If you have it [Love], you don't need to have anything else, and if you...

Thank You Friend I never came to you, my friend, and went away without some...

Thank You Friend I never came to you, my friend, and went away without some...