“I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens to feed.”– Jeanette Winterson Related Quotes “It’s not by story alone that successful advocates urge others to take action. Advocating with our personal stories takes a specific kind of preparation. It requires practice with elements of persuasion, public speaking, media interview skills and storytelling—not to mention healthy does of fortitude and commitment.”— John Capecci and Timothy Cage “Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces. Never will the world know all it owes to them nor all they have suffered to enrich us.”— Marcel Proust “Almost alone among successful politicians, he took slights personally.”— Rick Perlstein