Don't Accept That You Are In Crisis

I Want To Write More Books, See My First Novel Made Into A Film, Fight More Campaigns, Work In More Countries. I Want To Be Able To Recall Experiences That Have Endured For Their Pleasure And Range And Intensity.

The Royal Family's Existence Is A Constant Reminder Of The Hollowness Of John Major's Rhetoric, And Idiotic Statements By Its Leading Members A Constant Boost To The Republican Cause. They're Fine Opening Hospitals. It's When They Open Their Mouths They Get Into Trouble.

The Junk Food Of Political Journalism...all Reshuffle Stories Are Crap.

The Media Are Obsessed With Spin Doctors And With Portraying Them As A Bad Thing, Yet Seem Addicted To Our Medicine.

I Remember Talking To Alex Ferguson About Tony [blair] And Gordon [brown], And He Said: "why Doesn't Tony Just Get Rid Of Him?" But If You Sack Someone In Football, They Can't Turn Up To Training The Next Day. In Politics They're Still On The Pitch. Gordon Would Still Have Been A Big Player.