Jeanette Winterson Quotes

Multimedia scares me off.

I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on.

You dont know what you do, everytime you walk into the room-- I'm afraid to move.

I think most people are afraid of what they don't know.

People are afraid of detail and complexity.

The enduring appeal of mystery stories for all of us is that the world is a pretty confusing place. There's a lot of really unanswered things, and perhaps the scariest notion would be that there might not always be answers out there for us.

The unknown is always frightening.

People who work every day are kind of scared of things they don't understand.

I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done. I have to be almost frightened by the possibility of taking it on. Over the years, I realise I must enjoy walking that edge; I keep doing it.

Countless as the sands of the sea are human passions.

I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

I need someone to woo me. Magazines are always saying I am beautiful and millions of men want to woo me, but none has come forward because they are all so scared.

The unknown is very scary.

You can be afraid of a lot of things that you don't understand.

In my teens, I eyed my adulthood with trepidation, as if stalked by a stranger - one who would seize control as if by demonic possession and regard my fledgling incarnation with contempt.

People are scared of the unknown.

I'm drawn to stuff with a certain darkness, and darkness with beauty within it.

We human beings get nervous if we don't know what's going on. It's the rule for creating scary stories: the unknown is always more frightening than the known.

I'm scared of the gym - I see all these machines, and I'm like, 'What is that? What am I supposed to do?'

People are afraid of what they don't know.

The unknown is always scary.

I'm prepared to try to talk to a very beautiful girl. I learned a fantastic secret, which is that the most beautiful woman in the room is not being spoken to because she's too intimidating. They're not looking for somebody beautiful; they're looking for somebody to amuse them.

I'm terrified of the ocean. I think it's beautiful and magical, but I never go in. That deep, dark water, with no understanding of what goes on behind it - I think that's a metaphor for a lot of things.

I don't like thinking too much about the future - it freaks me out.

I don't know what frightens me more