Quotes from Joanna Coles

Having diverse leadership means there are more voices in the room, and there are more different points of entry for people who are being bullied or abused at work. There are more points of entry for them to complain to.

Maybe we need to shelter ourselves so we see the beautiful.

I'm English. All we do is blush.

I like being a boss.

When I was growing up, Sunday lunch was my favorite time as a child. We would have a big Sunday English meal, and we would argue about things.

I have never had an unsupportive female boss. I've had several female bosses. They've all been super supportive.

Junk love are relationships in which you know you're not getting the emotional nutrition that you need. You're probably wasting emotional calories on people who aren't giving you enough back.

I clean out the cat tray like everyone else.

Once I got to the U.S., and I realized we weren't going to go back to Britain, I was ready to commit to starting a bigger life here.

I probably don't conform to most people's idea of a fashion editor.

You don't have to be in love all the time, but you need to be surrounded by people you have a genuine connection with.

It's really important to be surrounded by people who are going to lift you up.

Love and food are very similar in many ways. We can't survive without them, and they bring us great joy, and just as there is junk food, and you can become obese, there's also junk love.

On paper, swearing takes on a different attitude. It can make you sound very angry when you use it a lot.

What magazines do is curate: we give accurate and trustworthy information. If you have a problem, it's very difficult to go to the web and get accurate information... magazines, at their best, should be an incredible voyage of discovery.

It's very easy to imagine someone online in a positive way, but it's only when you sit down, with all five senses in play, that you can really tell, 'Do I find this person attractive?'

Contraception is a couple's issue.

I can't spend any time cultivating celebrity.

Up until the age of 13, girls are confident, and they feel like they can conquer the world. Then adolescence sets in, and girls lose their confidence. And 'Seventeen' is really about them taking an hour out of their month, unplugging, lying on their bed, and reading a magazine that believes in them.

With experience, you suddenly realise you know how to do things or that you've done something like this before. And I think as you get more confident, you can sit back and try and weigh up the options of doing something or not doing something.

'Marie Claire' is one of those magazines that doesn't feel as well known as it should be.

I was precocious, so I began reading 'Cosmo' when I was 12.

We have a generation of women who think that they can just have IVF, and everything will be fine. The odds are against you once you start having IVF, and the odds are against you over the age of 35. And to pretend that it's easy to have a baby in your 40s or 50s is - it's just selling women a false dream.

I remember once when I was working on a magazine, and one of the male editors was going on a field trip with one of his sons. The office was full of, 'He's such a good dad,' whereas I came in late from a doctor's appointment for one of my children and was asked, 'Where were you? You'll need to make up the time.'