Caitlin Moran Quotes

"Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage."

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

"The word 'spinster' tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry."

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

"When I learned that flour pound for pound has as many calories as sugar, and that when eating pasta you're basically eating cake, I was size 23, and my neck was restricting my breathing, and so I got on a microbiotic diet and got myself an exercise bike."

"I do not... look very feminine. Diana, Princess of Wales is feminine... I am... femi-none."

"I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact."

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

"There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist."

"My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it."

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

"I like a little bit of revolution. I think it's a very good hobby for a young woman. Better than squash."

"What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug they might be."

"If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one."

"Flyaway, problem hair is the enemy of feminism, and was probably invented by the Man to crush Susan Sontag."

"I've generally got low levels of embarrassment."

"I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat."

"I don't regret not going to college. Students learn up to the age of 21, then stop. I'll always be learning - the things that really matter in life. How to sign on, how to get free food, how to be streetwise."

"I think there are brilliant jokes to be made about abortion, and we should be able to talk about this in the way that we make jokes about death - you should be able to make jokes about everything."

"I'm so glad I spent 10 years being sad and lonely."

"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."

"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!"

"If every woman who's had an abortion took tomorrow off in protest, America would grind to a halt. And that would be symbolic: because women grind to a halt if they are not in control of their fertility."

"Twitter means all my friends are in my computer. All my ideas are in my computer. I can do whatever I want in there; I'm kind of... bionic."

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

"Feminism, as it stands, well... stands. It has ground to a halt."

"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."

"I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want."

"I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays."

"As far as I'm concerned, you're a feminist by default if you're born in the Western world right now."