Jeanette Winterson Quotes
I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create. Just on the other side of creativity is the nuthouse - and I often notice people looking at me strangely when I am talking out loud, but there is no other way.
Topics
Delusion, Delusions
Mental Health
Creativity, Creators
Imagination
Psychosis
Sanity
Schizophrenia
Talk, Talking, Talkers
Voice
Artistic Process
Auditory Hallucinations
Auditory Perception
Creative Struggle
Hearing Voices
Inner Voices
Mental Fragility
Psychiatric Disorders
Self-Talk
hallucinatory experiences
voice hearing
Citations
Winterson, Jeanette. Interview.
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Jeanette Winterson CBE is an English writer, who became famous with her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against conventional values. Some of her other novels have explored gender polarities and sexual identity, with later novels also exploring the relationship between humans and technology. She is also a broadcaster and a professor of creative writing.