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Part fact part fiction is what life is. And it is always a cover story. I wrote my way out.
Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
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I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break.
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Of course, people will laugh at you, but people laugh at a great many things so there is no need to take it personally.
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The only selfish life is a timid one.
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Every word written is a net to catch the word that has escaped.
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I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.
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The trouble is that when most people are apathetic ordinary people ... have to go too far, have to ruin their lives and be made an object of scorn just to get the point across. Did they really think I'd rather be camping by a polluted river than sitting in my own flat with my things about me?
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