Quotes from Caitlin Moran

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

I've learnt that you tend most to make a div of yourself when you're trying to cover up the fact that you don't know what you're doing. And that simply saying 'I don't know what I'm doing' is a massive relief.

Every woman who chooses - joyfully, thoughtfully, calmly, of their own free will and desire - not to have a child does womankind a massive favour in the long term.

If you do it properly, life is art, really.

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

I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!

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.

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 once went into a meeting, and every woman put her a million-pound bag on the table. Then I'm there with my tote bag and anorak. And I'm like, well, I'm still the most important person in the room right now.

Life divides into amazing enjoyable times and appalling experiences that will make future amazing anecdotes.

I've got more friends than I've ever had in my life at the age of 39 - although given that I didn't have any friends until the age of 27, it doesn't say much - because I found the internet.

I've generally got low levels of embarrassment.

If you read all your history books, there are no women in them.

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

I don't think there should be anything that women are embarrassed to talk about in the 21st century, because for the last 100,000 years, men have said everything that's on their minds and described everything they have done.

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

If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.

Oh God, are you supposed to collect things? I don't collect things. I like throwing things away.

I just want Tina Fey to be my best friend. And Lena Dunham. And Oprah, too.

Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.

You don't need to be legendary all the time. You can just be legendary for 10 minutes a day.

You think it doesn't really matter if you screw up this time around because you can just sort it all out in paradise

Over-eating is the addiction choice of carers, and that's why it's come to be regarded as the lowest-ranking of all the addictions.

My parents were hippies. I'm the eldest of eight children.