Joanna Coles Quotes
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Once I got to the U.S., and I realized we weren't going to go back to Britain, I was ready to commit to starting a bigger life here.
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I remember once when I was working on a magazine, and one of the male editors was going on a field trip with one of his sons. The office was full of, 'He's such a good dad,' whereas I came in late from a doctor's appointment for one of my children and was asked, 'Where were you? You'll need to make up the time.'
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The biggest stress for me at New York Magazine was when I was a middle-of-the-pack editor, and I had no control over my own schedule.
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You don't have to be in love all the time, but you need to be surrounded by people you have a genuine connection with.
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You need a nutritional love diet. Don't put the junk stuff in your body - it's not going to do you any good.
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When I was growing up as a child, a magazine, to me, was like a finger beckoning me to the future.
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I'm English. All we do is blush.
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'Marie Claire' is one of those magazines that doesn't feel as well known as it should be.
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There's nothing more mainstream than equal pay for equal work. I mean, it's completely obvious that's what feminism should be for, and for women's right to choose what happens to their own bodies.
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I think that women's lives are multilayered.
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I can't spend any time cultivating celebrity.
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It's a great thing to be underestimated because it puts off your rival or enemy - they're not on their full game if they underestimate you.
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I probably don't conform to most people's idea of a fashion editor.
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As long as you're interested in people and things, that curiosity propels you forward.
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My favorite meal would be a big piece of steak with salad and then Brussels sprouts and Jerusalem artichokes.
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Every time I've been offered a new job, I've automatically said, 'Oh, I don't think you want me for that job.' It's sort of a weird female - or, at least, it is in me - a weird female defense, when, in fact, what you want to do is scream, 'Hooray, I want to do this!'
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Make a list of all the people in your life, and rate them in terms of energy in, energy out. Is there anyone in your life right now who is blocking your love quest?
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I was 36 when I had my first son, Thomas, and 39 when I had Hugo, my second.
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I don't really have an average day, and that works for me. If I knew what I had to do ahead of time, I would be so depressed. I love the unexpected. I love change. I love things being thrown at me.
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With experience, you suddenly realise you know how to do things or that you've done something like this before. And I think as you get more confident, you can sit back and try and weigh up the options of doing something or not doing something.
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I was a dogged reporter.
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I like to use exercise classes as a way of understanding what people are doing. I'm promiscuous in terms of exercise. You see what people are wearing. You see what people are responding to. You see what the music is they're listening to. An exercise class is social anthropology: what clothes people are wearing, what are the new sneakers.
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Nothing's more important than who you love and who loves you back.
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As the editor of 'Cosmopolitan,' I talk to hundreds of young women about the sometimes bewilderingly rapid changes taking place in our romantic lives and the role new technology plays in our search for intimacy and commitment.