Julie Burchill Quotes


"Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully."
- Julie Burchill
(Related: Fame, Hollywood, Old, Suicide, Youth)

"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 death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile."
- Julie Burchill
(Related: Life, Death, Smile, Tears)

"Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index."
- Julie Burchill
(Related: First)

"It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast."
- Julie Burchill
(Related: Pretty)

"A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be and the most pleasurable to have and to hold."
- Julie Burchill
(Related: Man, Woman)

"A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men."
- Julie Burchill
(Related: Men, Being, Fun)

"As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women."
- Julie Burchill
(Related: Men, Women, Ideas, Liberal, World)

"Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man."
- Julie Burchill
(Related: Women, Man)