With animal behavior, they're all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage, and then they go crazy.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do...

When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do...

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

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

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...

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...

I never cared about money.

I never cared about money.

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We...

Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We...

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...

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

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

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

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 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...

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,...

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...

I don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

What you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.

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...

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,...

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...