1,104 Quotes by Jeanette Winterson

I could have been a priest instead of a prophet. The priest has a book with the words set out. Old words, known words, words of power. Words that are always on the surface. Words for every occasion. The words work. They do what they’re supposed to do; comfort and discipline. The prophet has no book. The prophet is a voice that cries in the wilderness, full of sounds that do not always set into meaning. The prophets cry out because they are troubled by demons.

I know I’ve had an unusual beginning and a colourful life, but that wouldn’t matter if I couldn’t make it speak to other people.

My books always begin with a sentence and an image – not necessarily connected.

I keep telling this story – different people, different places, different times – but always you, always me, always this story, because a story is a tight rope between two worlds.

Love’s lengthways splits the heart in two – the heart where you are, the heart where you want to be.

In that house, you will find my heart. You must break in, Henri, and get it back for me.? Was she mad? We had been talking figuratively. Her heart was in her body like mine. I tried to explain this to her, but she took my hand and put it against her chest. Feel for yourself.

I’m telling you stories. Trust me.

Is Donald Trump getting his brain frozen? asks Ron. Max explains that the brain has to be fully functioning at clinical death.

Creativity is on the side of health – it isn’t the thing that drives us mad; it is the capacity in us that tries to save us from madness.