Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together disparate elements. I believe there is always exposure, vulnerability, in the writing process, which is not to say it is either confessional or memoir. Simply, it is real.


Weight (ed. Canongate Books, 2010) - ISBN: 9781847676504

Jeanette Winterson Quotes

Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together...

Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together...

Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together...

Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together...