Jeanette Winterson Quotes
I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.

Quotes to Explore
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.
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My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
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My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.
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My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
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You start thinking about a character in a new book, of course you're going to think pretty soon, 'Well, what's their secret? What is their problem?' Maybe, 'What is their secret?' is another way of saying, 'What is their problem?' There's got to be some issue, or you've got a totally boring book!
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I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
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As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've done that all my life.
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When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.
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I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in the mainstream. They're very universal stories I've told - every movie I've done.
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A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.
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Having seen first-hand how complex and difficult the job is, I believe it vital that the president be able to focus on his never-ending tasks with as few distractions as possible.
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I think I would have been a hopeless spy. I love telling stories and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret.
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You've got to be the best person you can be in your life.
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Cancer has touched my life and the lives of those I love, and now I'm ready to help all that I can in the fight.
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There are definitely worse people to be compared with. I think Brad Pitt makes interesting decisions.
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I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.