Jeanette Winterson

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home.

Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't.

Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

Everyone for the most part is really nice. There have always been jokes, but that's part of being in the spotlight. You can't make everyone completely happy.