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Julie Burchill quotes: Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from Benny Hill.

Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from Benny Hill.

Julie Burchill quotes: But just think what a boring, bread-and-milk world this would be without the boastful.

But just think what a boring, bread-and-milk world this would be without the boastful.

Julie Burchill quotes: A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be and the most pleasurable to have and to hold.

A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be and the most pleasurable to have and to hold.

Julie Burchill quotes: I've never been nostalgic, personally or politically - if the past was so great, how come it's history?

I've never been nostalgic, personally or politically - if the past was so great, how come it's history?

Julie Burchill quotes: Being a monarchist - saying that one small group is born more worthy of respect than another - is just as warped and strange as being a racist.

Being a monarchist - saying that one small group is born more worthy of respect than another - is just as warped and strange as being a racist.

Julie Burchill quotes: I won't be going to any New Year's Eve parties because I think they're naff. No one over the age of 15 should bother going to parties.

I won't be going to any New Year's Eve parties because I think they're naff. No one over the age of 15 should bother going to parties.

Julie Burchill quotes: The latest twist on the pampering concept is spa parties, where a group of friends take over an entire spa.

The latest twist on the pampering concept is spa parties, where a group of friends take over an entire spa.

Julie Burchill quotes: Surely being a Professional Beauty - let alone an ageing one - is one of the most insecure and doomed careers imaginable.

Surely being a Professional Beauty - let alone an ageing one - is one of the most insecure and doomed careers imaginable.

Julie Burchill quotes: Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing the tourist.

Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing the tourist.

Julie Burchill quotes: Most women are wise to the fact that lots of men love a cat-fight, and thus go out of their way not to give them one.

Most women are wise to the fact that lots of men love a cat-fight, and thus go out of their way not to give them one.

Julie Burchill quotes: Blakes Hotel in South Kensington was a particular favourite of mine during what I affectionately think of as my Restless Years.

Blakes Hotel in South Kensington was a particular favourite of mine during what I affectionately think of as my Restless Years.

Julie Burchill quotes: If you want sex, have an affair. If you want a relationship, buy a dog.

If you want sex, have an affair. If you want a relationship, buy a dog.

Julie Burchill quotes: When actresses jump on the anti-Iraq bandwagon, they often combine down-home momism with an ignorance of Islamist intent which is truly awesome.

When actresses jump on the anti-Iraq bandwagon, they often combine down-home momism with an ignorance of Islamist intent which is truly awesome.

Julie Burchill quotes: When the sex war is won prostitutes should be shot as collaborators for their terrible betrayal of all women.

When the sex war is won prostitutes should be shot as collaborators for their terrible betrayal of all women.

Julie Burchill quotes: I wouldn't know how to fool a man any more. My deceiving days seem so long ago.

I wouldn't know how to fool a man any more. My deceiving days seem so long ago.

Julie Burchill quotes: Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception to the rule.

Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception to the rule.

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

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 quotes: A wedding is a funeral which masquerades as a feast. And the greater the pageantry, the deeper the savagery.

A wedding is a funeral which masquerades as a feast. And the greater the pageantry, the deeper the savagery.

Julie Burchill quotes: Presley sounded like Jayne Mansfield looked - blowsy and loud and low.

Presley sounded like Jayne Mansfield looked - blowsy and loud and low.

Julie Burchill quotes: It may be a cliche, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself.

It may be a cliche, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself.

Julie Burchill quotes: My dad didn't drive - the only dad I knew who didn't.

My dad didn't drive - the only dad I knew who didn't.

Julie Burchill quotes: As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women.

As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women.

Julie Burchill quotes: Rachel Cusk's books are like pop-up volumes for grown-ups, the prose springing out of the page to bop you neatly between the eyes with its insights.

Rachel Cusk's books are like pop-up volumes for grown-ups, the prose springing out of the page to bop you neatly between the eyes with its insights.

Julie Burchill quotes: Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth ... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth ... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

Julie Burchill quotes: The Feminist Me says that a woman's right to her own body should be inviolate at all times, free from fear of peeping paps.

The Feminist Me says that a woman's right to her own body should be inviolate at all times, free from fear of peeping paps.

Julie Burchill quotes: Covering up, so far as I can see, is often the accompaniment to far more truly shameful behaviour than stripping off.

Covering up, so far as I can see, is often the accompaniment to far more truly shameful behaviour than stripping off.

Julie Burchill quotes: It's received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly.

It's received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly.

Julie Burchill quotes: Punk was over in two years. That was the only damn good thing about it.

Punk was over in two years. That was the only damn good thing about it.

Julie Burchill quotes: There are exciting, intelligent, fat people - and exciting, intelligent, thin people.

There are exciting, intelligent, fat people - and exciting, intelligent, thin people.

Julie Burchill quotes: Now the whole dizzying and delirious range of sexual possibilities has been boiled down to that one big, boring, bulimic word. RELATIONSHIP.

Now the whole dizzying and delirious range of sexual possibilities has been boiled down to that one big, boring, bulimic word. RELATIONSHIP.

Julie Burchill quotes: I feel even less patience with transsexuals

I feel even less patience with transsexuals

Julie Burchill quotes: A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men.

A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men.

Julie Burchill quotes: Having 'best friends' is - at least for me - as outdated and small-minded a concept as the idea of 'Sunday best clothes.'

Having 'best friends' is - at least for me - as outdated and small-minded a concept as the idea of 'Sunday best clothes.'

Julie Burchill quotes: Women, more often than not, do things which aren't remotely relaxing but are all about preening, which is just another sort of work.

Women, more often than not, do things which aren't remotely relaxing but are all about preening, which is just another sort of work.

Julie Burchill quotes: Sex, on the whole, was meant to be short, nasty and brutish. If what you want is cuddling, you should buy a puppy.

Sex, on the whole, was meant to be short, nasty and brutish. If what you want is cuddling, you should buy a puppy.

Julie Burchill quotes: I don't have a spiritual bone in my body; but what I am, is religious.

I don't have a spiritual bone in my body; but what I am, is religious.

Julie Burchill quotes: I have always voted Labour and I always will. I have got to have one stupid, bovine part of me and that's the part that votes Labour.

I have always voted Labour and I always will. I have got to have one stupid, bovine part of me and that's the part that votes Labour.

Julie Burchill quotes: Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to 'commit.'

Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to 'commit.'

Julie Burchill quotes: One Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me - that of going up to town and 'doing a show.'

One Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me - that of going up to town and 'doing a show.'

Julie Burchill quotes: It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast.

It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast.

Julie Burchill quotes: When did women whose looks are not their living start conducting themselves like the simpering inmates of an Ottoman empire seraglio?

When did women whose looks are not their living start conducting themselves like the simpering inmates of an Ottoman empire seraglio?

Julie Burchill quotes: Gluttony and idleness are two of life's great joys, but they are not honourable.

Gluttony and idleness are two of life's great joys, but they are not honourable.

Julie Burchill quotes: When a man wants to relax, he will slob out and really relax. Or he will pursue a hobby - anything from building models to watching sport.

When a man wants to relax, he will slob out and really relax. Or he will pursue a hobby - anything from building models to watching sport.

Julie Burchill quotes: Transsexualism is, basically, just another, more drastic twist on the male menopause

Transsexualism is, basically, just another, more drastic twist on the male menopause

Julie Burchill quotes: I just have a real problem with people who seek to portray fatness or thinness as moral concepts.

I just have a real problem with people who seek to portray fatness or thinness as moral concepts.

Julie Burchill quotes: Only those who haven't got the wit to speak for themselves would ever want their clothes to do it for them.

Only those who haven't got the wit to speak for themselves would ever want their clothes to do it for them.

Julie Burchill quotes: I'll declare my own interest right here at the start and admit that, like the vast majority of people, I find youthful looks appealing.

I'll declare my own interest right here at the start and admit that, like the vast majority of people, I find youthful looks appealing.

Julie Burchill quotes: It's very hard to imagine the phrase 'consumer society' used so cheerfully, and interpreted so enthusiastically, in England.

It's very hard to imagine the phrase 'consumer society' used so cheerfully, and interpreted so enthusiastically, in England.

Julie Burchill quotes: Being a child is horrible. It is slightly better than being a tree or a piece of heavy machinery but not half as good as being a domestic cat.

Being a child is horrible. It is slightly better than being a tree or a piece of heavy machinery but not half as good as being a domestic cat.

Julie Burchill quotes: Depression is the most extreme form of vanity.

Depression is the most extreme form of vanity.

Julie Burchill quotes: People often yearn back to more innocent times, but more and more, as I get older, I find myself hankering after more jaded days.

People often yearn back to more innocent times, but more and more, as I get older, I find myself hankering after more jaded days.

Julie Burchill quotes: Hooliganism incarnate, a walking, talking, screaming, squawking metaphor for What's Wrong With Young People Today.

Hooliganism incarnate, a walking, talking, screaming, squawking metaphor for What's Wrong With Young People Today.

Julie Burchill quotes: The secret is not to care what anyone thinks of you.

The secret is not to care what anyone thinks of you.

Julie Burchill quotes: What sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway?

What sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway?

Julie Burchill quotes: Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.

Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.

Julie Burchill quotes: People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial.

People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial.

Julie Burchill quotes: I know that Brighton is famously a mixture of the seedy and the elegant, but in the summer of 2001 seediness swamped elegance hands down.

I know that Brighton is famously a mixture of the seedy and the elegant, but in the summer of 2001 seediness swamped elegance hands down.