Famous Jeanette Winterson Quotes

  • Going mad is the beginning of a process. It is not supposed to be the end result. – Jeanette Winterson

    Going mad is the beginning of a process. It is not supposed to be the end result.– Jeanette Winterson

  • I keep forgetting that if you live in a big city only mad people talk to themselves. – Jeanette Winterson

    I keep forgetting that if you live in a big city only mad people talk to themselves.– Jeanette Winterson

  • Odd that a festival to celebrate the most austere of births should end up being all about conspicuous consumption. – Jeanette Winterson

    Odd that a festival to celebrate the most austere of births should end up being all about conspicuous consumption.– Jeanette Winterson

  • Odd that a festival to celebrate the most austere of births should end up being all about conspicuous consumption.– Jeanette Winterson

  • A writer has no use for the clock. A writer lives in an infinity of days, time without end, ploughed under. – Jeanette Winterson

    A writer has no use for the clock. A writer lives in an infinity of days, time without end, ploughed under.– Jeanette Winterson

  • They believed that if a mouse found your hair clippings and built a nest with them you got a headache. If the nest was big enough, you might go mad. – Jeanette Winterson

    They believed that if a mouse found your hair clippings and built a nest with them you got a headache. If the nest was big enough, you might go mad.– Jeanette Winterson

  • If you think about something for long enough,’ she explained, `more than likely, that thing will happen.’ She tapped her head. `It’s all in the mind. – Jeanette Winterson

    If you think about something for long enough,’ she explained, `more than likely, that thing will happen.’ She tapped her head. `It’s all in the mind.– Jeanette Winterson

  • The true nature of the world is energy not mass. – Jeanette Winterson

    The true nature of the world is energy not mass.– Jeanette Winterson

  • Well done, my fine fellow out of my womb. What have you gained? Nothing! And oh, what have you lost? Everything! – Jeanette Winterson

    Well done, my fine fellow out of my womb. What have you gained? Nothing! And oh, what have you lost? Everything!– Jeanette Winterson

  • One thing you notice about progress, kid, is that it doesn’t happen to everyone. – Jeanette Winterson

    One thing you notice about progress, kid, is that it doesn’t happen to everyone.– Jeanette Winterson