Caitlin Moran

I don't regret not going to college. Students learn up to the age of 21, then stop. I'll always be learning - the things that really matter in life. How to sign on, how to get free food, how to be streetwise. ”

I remember, around age three, peas growing in the back garden. Pinching them from their pods and popping them in the mouth was my first realisation that food came from somewhere other than a shelf. ”

I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money. ”

Our world is afflicted by poverty. Don't spend all this money on clothes! ”

I can honestly say that my abortion was one of the least difficult decisions of my life. I'm not being flippant when I say it took me longer to decide what worktops to have in the kitchen than whether I was prepared to spend the rest of my life being responsible for a further human being. ”

Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about. ”

One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William. ”

I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world. ”

I hate that tabloid idea of anybody who is famous having to forfeit their privacy. ”

People get really scared when women reclaim words, talk about themselves honestly and also make jokes because it's a really unstoppable combination. ”