Katharine Whitehorn

“The best way to get on in the world is to make people think you're a little bit stupid.”

“No nice men are good at parting.”

“Outside every fat man there is an even fatter man trying to close in.”

“Never learn to type. Otherwise you’ll become a secretary.”

“Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.”

“I do not believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.”

“Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You'd better be sure you want it.”

“Outside every fat man there is an even fatter man trying to close in on him.”

“Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism is reality.”

“No-one is ever bored in their own company.”

“The annoying thing about being fat is that you're still the same person inside.”

“At the Day of Judgement, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.”

“We have a Plague of People, an obsession with ownership, and a lust for growth that is going to kill us.”

“A woman's place is in the wrong.”

“The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.”

“Never be rude to anyone unless you're reasonably sure they're not going to be reviewing your book.”

“I've always said that the only thing you get from looking back is a crick in the neck.”

“The best way to get on in the world is to make people think you're better than you are.”

“Compulsive menders are people who cannot throw things away. Compulsive throwers-away are people who cannot face things.”

“We have a minister for war and a minister for peace. Why not a minister for death?”