Jeanette Winterson Quotes

And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect.

I think everyone's a little afraid of being part of a trend, because you get compared to each other. Writers tend to have a lot of camaraderie, and when you're constantly compared to someone else, it kind of damages that camaraderie, but I think this is a great trend. I'm honored to be a part of it in many ways.

Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you love.

My faith is in my colleagues. And when I meet other writers, journalists, who've been doing this for a long time, trying to make us aware of what it is that we're living in, I put my faith in those people.

Filmmaking creates a sort of - trust, maybe. It has led me to a group of people I feel good with. We have something in common because of film, when otherwise we might have nothing.

I love being in touch with my readers and fellow writers! It's just amazing to have such access to people.

As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.

What's important to me is to share, and being inspired, and inspiring.

You can't write an image, a metaphor, a story, a phrase, without leaning a little further into the shared world, without recognizing that your supposed solitude is at every point of its perimeter touching some other.

The free sharing and teaching of open source is incompatible with the notion of the solitary genius.

I think that art, and making music or comedy, is a way of positing yourself on the map and then trying to find other people out there with you.

I want to collaborate with people and be a part of a creative community.

I'm not looking to be a superstar. I just want to be in a room with good people who are similar to me and are at least open to things that I have to say.

I sincerely want to help create beauty in the world and move a culture of separateness back towards community. I really, really do, and I think art is a powerful way of doing that.

I used to make fun of those actors who talked about the theater as their temple and their place of worship. I'm not to that degree of zealotry or idolatry of theater as this holy place. But it's a place where I get together with people who do what I do, and we understand each other in that respect.

We need to create areas to come together, where we can be there for each other.

I feel like there's a lot of sympathy and camaraderie among documentary filmmakers.

I had to figure out that finding my place was not about race but about creativity, and connecting with other artists helped me find my voice.

Through music, I think we can inspire each other.

I love the collaborative process. Getting to meet new people and really building something with them is such a wonderful way to get to know someone.

Coming together is something to be proud of.

End of the day, when you do something, you have to do something where you bring people together. You can't do something where you separate people.

I think, as a musician, or even as a citizen of the world, I just want to be a part of something or feel connected to something bigger than myself.

I realized that theater was the perfect thing for me, in short bursts of intense community building.

Part of the act of creating is in discovering your own kind. They are everywhere. But don't look for them in the wrong places.