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 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.

I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who...

I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who...

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...

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

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...

Your weak point is the open, vulnerable place where you can always be hurt. Love,...

Your weak point is the open, vulnerable place where you can always be hurt. Love,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.