“Just resolve to shine, constantly and steadily, like a warm lamp in the corner, and people will want to move towards you in order to feel happy, and to read things more clearly. You will be bright and constant in a world of dark and flux, and this will save you the anxiety of other, ultimately less satisfying things like ‘being cool’, ‘being more successful than everyone else’ and ‘being very thin’.”

English journalist, broadcaster, and author

Caitlin Moran is an English journalist, broadcaster, and author. She writes for The Times and is known for her columns and her work across print and broadcast media. At The Times, she writes two columns each week, one for the Saturday Magazine and another satirical Friday column called “Celebrity Watch”. Her work is rooted in journalism, with a strong satirical edge in her regular writing.