British - Novelist | August 27, 1959 -
I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break.
Jeanette Winterson
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I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion.
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I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.
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I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.
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I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.
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I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere in the middle.
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I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult.
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I never cared about money.
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I like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life helped.
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I hated historical novels with fluttering cloaks.
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I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.
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I had relationships with men as well as women. I wasn't choosing; I didn't think I had to.
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