Website www.jeanettewinterson.com Jeanette Winterson, OBE (born 27 August 1959) is a British writer, broadcaster and activist. Read full biography of Jeanette Winterson →
I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.
I had relationships with men as well as women. I wasn't choosing; I didn't think I had to.
I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.
I like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life helped.
I never cared about money.
I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.
I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.
It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.
Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self.
My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do get somewhere.
To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an invented language.
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 a day.
Website www.jeanettewinterson.com Jeanette Winterson, OBE (born 27 August 1959) is a British writer, broadcaster and activist.