When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours a day.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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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...

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...

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one...

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one...

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...

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

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

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.

Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody...

Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody...

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 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...

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.

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 don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

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....

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has...

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has...

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

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

What you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.

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...