Each book is a different staging post on the writer's journey, and each book stands by itself, regardless of the writer's relationship to it.
Jeanette WintersonKnow thyself,โ said Socrates. Know thyself,โ said Sappho, โand make sure that the Church never finds out.
Jeanette WintersonThere are only three possible endings -aren't there? - to any story: revenge, tragedy or forgiveness. That's it. All stories end like that.
Jeanette WintersonI know our feelings can be so unbearable that we employ ingenious strategies โ unconscious strategies โ to keep those feelings away. We do a feelings-swap, where we avoid feeling sad or lonely or afraid or inadequate, and feel angry instead. It can work the other way, too โ sometimes you do need to feel angry, not inadequate; sometimes you do need to feel love and acceptance, and not the tragic drama of your life. It takes courage to feel the feeling โ and not trade it on the feelings-exchange, or even transfer it altogether to another person.
Jeanette Winterson