Rachel Johnson Quotations

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

I am a total coffee snob and bore. If anyone makes the mistake of offering me 'a coffee' they tend to regret it - I'm worse than Mariah Carey, and the hot milk rider is completely non-negotiable.

I talk to bankers, distributors, marketing people. I used to sit at home in my tracksuit bottoms, and the real excitement of my day would be going out to get a copy of Private Eye and a latte.

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.

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

I went freelance in 1996 and my children are now teenagers and it seemed right.

In Germany, salads are assemblies of ham and mayonnaise, not trendy tossed leaves.

It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.

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

I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.