Julie Burchill : (6)

" I didn’t cry when I left free-booting, smash-and-grab papers that would have appeared to be far more natural homes for me and, at the risk of being vulgar, paid far better for my services. " - Julie Burchill

" 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

" 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

" 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

" The allegedly ‘classy’ magazines often seem to be in an endless, undeclared competition to see who can climb furthest up the fundament of Gwyneth Paltrow or Jennifer Lopez. " - Julie Burchill

" Graham Greene famously said that all writers need a chip of ice in their heart; Cusk can come across as the most beautiful ice palace of stalactites and stalagmites, and some people find her company, albeit by proxy, about as inviting as a long weekend in a walk-in frigidaire. " - Julie Burchill