Rachel Johnson Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.”

“If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.”

“'The Lady' is a piddling little magazine that no one cares about or buys.”

“There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that.”

“When I'm called unkind... that really cuts to the quick. You can say anything else that you like about me.”

“I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.”

“I'm worried about looking like a bad person when, in fact, I try to be a good person. I don't like the public image that I've been dressed with and it worries me.”

“It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless.”

“People always say there's no such thing as bad publicity, and you always think they're right, because it seems self-evident: nobody's going to buy a magazine that nobody ever talks about, so people should want to buy a magazine that everybody's talking about.”

“The reason we all need a mutton alert, which needs constant testing, like smoke alarms, is because there is really no such thing as age-appropriate dressing any longer, as I know because my wardrobe is interchangeable with my daughter's.”