Anger Quote by Viv Albertine

I have a lot of empathy, and I think that's where mothering starts. You are there to empathise and facilitate.

— Viv Albertine

I get the same lurching thrill now when I'm about to sit down to an egg mayonnaise sandwich and a packet of plain crisps…

— Viv Albertine

I have a daughter. I have my imagination. I have friends. I, in no way, am going to louse that up with some idiot…

— Viv Albertine

I don't believe in an afterlife. You live on in the people you influence during your lifetime.

— Viv Albertine

Women are constantly taught to think about what other people are thinking, from those 'Jackie' magazine quizzes - 'What's he thinking?' - to being…

— Viv Albertine

Most female artists - to do what you have to do and to be as honest as you have to be, to be as…

— Viv Albertine

I'm not a gifted storyteller, so I write what I know and hope that honesty resonates with other people's experiences.

— Viv Albertine

The more blows you have in life, the better, because it means you're challenging yourself.

— Viv Albertine

I'd like to be with someone kind who can hold a conversation and is in my age group. If that's too much to ask,…

— Viv Albertine

I think, often, people who do something new creatively don't benefit financially from it - it's the people who come after and make them…

— Viv Albertine

If I didn't live in London, I would live in Glasgow. I love the colour of the brick and the black ironwork. I think…

— Viv Albertine

We used to have massively long discussions about how we should stand on stage. Should we stand with our legs apart? No, all the…

— Viv Albertine