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I want to be an art-hero - I want to change the form of the novel.

Jeanette Winterson

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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
Author
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Writer
Manchester
England
Change
Hero
Novel
Art
Form

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Make three wishes and they shall all come true. Make three hundred and I will honour every one
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The future is foretold from the past and the future is only possible because of the past. Without past and future, the present is partial. All time is eternally present and so all time is ours. There is no sense in forgetting and every sense in dreaming. Thus the present is made rich.
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I didn't mind being unpopular at school, because everyone else was a heathen.
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Every believer is an anarchist at heart. True believers would rather see governments topple and history rewritten than scuff the cover of their faith.
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Destiny is a worrying concept. I don't want to be fated, I want to choose.
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