Jeanette Winterson

I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#happens #i #i am #lesbian #love

I didn't mind being unpopular at school, because everyone else was a heathen. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#being #else #everyone #heathen #i

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

— Jeanette Winterson

#everything #language #listening #writing

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. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#being #create #hear #i #knack

I'm not a quitter. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#quitter

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#come #curious #danger #home #might

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

— Jeanette Winterson

#back #depression #got #innocence #me

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back without asking? ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#away #back #could #from time to time #give

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

— Jeanette Winterson

#play #win #you

With animal behavior, they're all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage, and then they go crazy. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#behavior #cage #crazy #element #fine