As a child, I wanted only two things – to be left alone to read my library books, and to get away from my provincial hometown and go to London to be a writer. And I always knew that when I got there, I wanted to make loads of money. – Julie Burchill
My second husband believed I had such a fickle attitude to friendship that each Friday he would update the list of my Top Ten friends in the manner of a Top Of The Pops chart countdown. – Julie Burchill
The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion things to make life easier for men, in fact. – Julie Burchill
Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to deaths perfect punctuation mark is a smile. – Julie Burchill
The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didnt construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didnt revolutionize the automobile industry that way. – Milton Friedman