"Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The……" — Jeanette Winterson
"Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together disparate elements. I believe there is always exposure, vulnerability, in the writing process, which is not to say it is either confessional or memoir. Simply, it is real."
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Jeanette Winterson
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419 Quotes by Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson has 419 quotes on this site.
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To create was a fundament, to appreciate, a supplement.
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Any measurement must take into account the position of the observer. There is no such thing as measurement absolute, there…
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After every ''victory'' you have more enemies.
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...to live differently, to love differently, to think differently, or to try to. Is the danger of beauty so great…
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Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement.
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I used to think marriage was a plate-glass window just begging for a brick.
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There are only three possible endings -aren't there? - to any story: revenge, tragedy or forgiveness. That's it. All stories…
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The rebellion of art is a daily rebellion against the state of living death routinely called real life.
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You don't get over it because 'it' is the person you loved.
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The secret of the world is this: the world is entirely circular and you will go round and round endlessly,…
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
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Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.
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Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
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Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity…
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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing -…
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While we allow the inhabitants of imaginary remote corners the authenticity of savages or sufferers, we rarely suppose them to…
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I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its…
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Authenticity is an alignment between your beliefs, your desires and your choices in the world. Desires change throughout the course…
— David Simon
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Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God's work, peacefully and harmoniously.
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