60 Quotes by Rachel Johnson

Of course I’m naughty. I’ve always had to compete for attention, you see.

I don’t mind being called snobbish, a pain and a social climber, but being called unkind really hurts.

Being blonde means people decide on sight that you are much prettier and nicer than you really are, just as Americans automatically add 10 points to someone’s IQ when they hear an English accent. Fact.

I do not think that having children – I have three teenagers – keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.

Don’t worry about never having time to write. Just write what you can in the time you do have and give yourself a big clap on the back, followed by a double latte and a blueberry muffin.

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.

Being boring is just wrong, isn’t it? You wouldn’t have got anywhere being boring.

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.