I am getting much more political as I get older. It's the duty of any writer, in particular, not to stand back from the world.
Jeanette WintersonYes, the stories are dangerous, she was right. A book is a magic carpet that flies you off elsewhere. A book is a door. You open it. You step through. Do you come back?
Jeanette WintersonTell me a story, Pew. What kind of story, child? A story with a happy ending. Thereโs no such thing in all the world. As a happy ending? As an ending.
Jeanette Winterson