Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody that you will never know.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

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...

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...

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

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

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 think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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,...

Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to...

Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to...

I'm trying to read a book on how to relax, but I keep falling asleep.

I'm trying to read a book on how to relax, but I keep falling asleep.