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Julie Burchill

British writer · United Kingdom · Writers · Born 1959 · age 67

Julie Burchill is read about 248 times a day, in 9 languages.

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2008“A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be with and the most pleasurable to have and to hold.”In their wordsAttributed to Julie Burchill in: Austin Imoru (2008) The Woman and Her Sexuality. p. 109Read the whole statement

2000“Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death.”In their wordsAttributed to Burchill in: Mark Water (2000) The New Encyclopedia of Christian Quotations. p. 111Read the whole statement

1992“Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index.”In their words16 January 1992The Spectator (16 January 1992); cited in: Ned Sherrin (2008) Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations. p. 170Read the whole statement

“It has been said (by Shelley Winters) that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not - it's a visa, and it runs out fast.”In their wordsp. 55Read the whole statement

1986“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.”In their wordsDamaged Gods (1986).Read the whole statement

“Prostitution is the supreme triumph of capitalism....”In their words"Born Again Cows", Damaged Gods (1986, , as quoted in Robert Andrews' The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations (1993, , p. 743.Read the whole statement

1959Born3 July 1959

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A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be with and the most pleasurable to have and to hold.
2008, Attributed to Julie Burchill in: Austin Imoru (2008) The Woman and Her Sexuality. p. 109, Own words
Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death.
2000, Attributed to Burchill in: Mark Water (2000) The New Encyclopedia of Christian Quotations. p. 111, Own words
Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index.
Jan 16, 1992, The Spectator (16 January 1992); cited in: Ned Sherrin (2008) Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations. p. 170, Own words

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About this person

Julie Burchill is an English writer. Beginning as a staff writer at the New Musical Express at the age of 17, she has since contributed to newspapers such as The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times and The Guardian. Her writing, which was described by John Arlidge in The Observer in 2002 as "outrageously outspoken" and "usually offensive", has been the subject of legal action. Burchill is also a novelist, and her 2004 novel Sugar Rush was adapted for television.

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