Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index. - Julie Burchill

The only kind of socialist to be is a Stalinist, and the only kind of woman to be is a Bitch.

I got through the sexual side of my first marriage - for six years! - by pretending that my husband was my friend Peter York.

A good part — and definitely the most fun part — of being a feminist is about frightening men. American and Australian feminists have always known this, and absorbed it cheerfully into their act; one thinks of julienning men on phone- in shows, or telling us that a good feminist is rude to a man at least three times a day on principle. Of course, there's a lot more to feminism... but scaring the shit out of scumbags is an amusing and necessary part because, sadly, a good many men still respect nothing but strength,