All Jeanette Winterson Quotes
- I think every work of art is an act of faith, or we wouldn't bother to do it. It is a message in a bottle,… Across
- I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness. Any
- I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult. Been
- I never cared about money. Cared
- When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours… Anything Except
- The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when all contemporary interest in that work is extinct. All
- I had relationships with men as well as women. I wasn't choosing; I didn't think I had to. Choosing
- Words like passion and ecstasy, we learn them but they stay flat on the page. Sometimes we try to turn them over, find out what's… Age
- I know our feelings can be so unbearable that we employ ingenious strategies – unconscious strategies – to keep those feelings away. We do a… Acceptance
- There is still a popular fantasy, long since disproved by both psychoanalysis and science, and never believed by any poet or mystic, that it is… Any
- The world is surely wide enough to walk without fear. Fear
- I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks. Cloaks
- To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an invented language. Authentic
- One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life. Always Enough
- My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do get somewhere. Character
- My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected. Always Begin
- Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self. Feel
- London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live. Everybody is sort of on top of each other. Each
- If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us. Funny
- I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break. Break
- I think we still believe that ambition is for boys. Ambition
- What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being. Crucial
- I fell into the books, and left myself there for safekeeping. Book
- If there's one thing I can't stand it's a hero without a cause. People like that just make trouble so that they can solve it. Cause
- Part fact part fiction is what life is. And it is always a cover story. I wrote my way out. Cover