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It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.
Jeanette Winterson
HusbArtist
Woman
I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.
Jeanette Winterson
People
I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.
Jeanette Winterson
Ambition
Boys
I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.
Jeanette Winterson
Cause
Now
Trouble
I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion.
Jeanette Winterson
Character
Confusion
I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break.
Jeanette Winterson
Rules
One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life.
Jeanette Winterson
Life
People
In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.
Jeanette Winterson
Books
Journey
Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.
Jeanette Winterson
Rumor
Shakespeare
Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.
Jeanette Winterson
Life
London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live. Everybody is sort of on top of each other.
Jeanette Winterson
People
London
Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self.
Jeanette Winterson
People
Self
My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.
Jeanette Winterson
Books
My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And that is enough.
Jeanette Winterson
People
Friends
Your weak point is the open, vulnerable place where you can always be hurt. Love, in all its aspects, opens the self so fully.
Jeanette Winterson
Love
Hurt
Open
Self