Jeanette Winterson Quotes

Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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Confidence and superiority: Its the usual fundamentalist stuff: Ive got the truth, and you havent. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I can in whatever medium. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I didnt mind being unpopular at school, because everyone else was a heathen. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I dont believe in happy endings. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I dont read reviews because by then its too late - whatever anyone says, the book wont change. It is written. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I dont understand why people talk of art as a luxury when its a mind-altering possibility. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I dont write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I had relationships with men as well as women. I wasnt choosing; I didnt think I had to. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life helped. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens to feed. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I never cared about money. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I never wanted children. If Id been deeply in love with a man and hed wanted children, it would have been difficult. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere in the middle. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I think we still believe that ambition is for boys. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion. - Jeanette Winterson Quotes

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