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

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When Jeanette Winterson speaks about literature, it invites us to pause and reflect on our own journey. How often do we consider the subtle impacts of literature in our daily lives? This thought-provoking perspective challenges conventional wisdom and encourages a deeper understanding of ourselves.

About Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson is an English author. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a semi-autobiographical novel about a lesbian growing up in an English Pentecostal community. Other novels explore gender and sexual identity, and her later ones the relations between humans and technology. Her novels have been translated into almost 20 languages. She also broadcasts and teaches creative writing.

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"You never give away your heart you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back without asking?"

— Jeanette Winterson
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"I believe in communication books communicate ideas and make bridges between people."

— Jeanette Winterson
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"If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you."

— Jeanette Winterson
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"Art saved me it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence."

— Jeanette Winterson
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"I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I'm not your average bear. I - what's the word? I'm not - normal."

— Eddie Van Halen
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"No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely."

— Steve Martin
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"The desire to write grows with writing."

— Desiderius Erasmus
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"I cannot listen to Beethoven or Mahler or Chopin or Bach when I write because those composers require you stop what you are doing and listen."

— Antonio Damasio
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