Whether you want to call it God or the mystery of the cosmos doesn't matter to me.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

Topics: Jeanette Winterson Quotes

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.

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...

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.

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...

I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere...

I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an...

To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an...

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 never cared about money.

I never cared about money.

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

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...

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.

What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being.

What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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...