Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create.
Jeanette WintersonOur own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread; rarely is it only a door.
Jeanette WintersonTell me the story, Pew. . . . It was a woman. You always say that. There's always a woman somewhere, child; a princess, a witch, a stepmother, a mermaid, a fairy godmother, or one as wicked as she is beautiful, or as beautiful as she is good. Is that the complete list? Then there is the woman you love. Who's she? That's another story.
Jeanette Winterson