Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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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 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 so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn't felt that.

There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn't felt that.

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 wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.

I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.

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...

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...

Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.

Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.

You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.

You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.

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...

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the...

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the...

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...

What you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.

I never cared about money.

I never cared about money.

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...

I'm not a quitter.

I'm not a quitter.

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

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

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

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

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...