Caitlin Moran

If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one. ”

I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want. ”

I'm so glad I spent 10 years being sad and lonely. ”

Men have made the world. And they've made a brilliant job of it. I love men. You know, men, you built Paris and you invented The Beatles, and, you know, and you've taught dogs to say 'sausages.' You know, I love your world. Thank you for it. ”

I love puffins. They are small, round gothic birds, and their babies are called pufflings. ”

Most women I know love the idea of fashion, but the practicalities that go with it are just distressing. ”

The idea of not being able to control my own fertility genuinely terrifies me. That one mistake might change your life. That everything I am, and do, could be ended by the repeal of laws our mothers fought so hard for, that women had waited for the entire span of humanity to come about. ”

Telly never has any smart, amusing intellectuals living on a council estate. ”

In the early '90s, it was grunge; everybody was fully clothed. Alanis Morissette was one of the biggest artists in the world, never wore makeup, wearing Doc Marten boots, and then the Spice Girls turn up, and suddenly it all looks a bit burlesque; suddenly they're the biggest band in the world. ”

Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage. ”