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

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

Topics: Life Quotes, Passion Quotes

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that...

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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....

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...

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...

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

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

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.

It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.

It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.

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,...

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

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

My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And...

My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And...

Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the...

Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the...

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...

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...

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop...

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop...

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is...

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is...

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is...

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is...

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason