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There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn't felt that. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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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

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Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody that you will never know. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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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

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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

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I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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