The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever being one.

I love Scotland and I speak about it a lot, so people think I'm desperate to go back. They just take it upon themselves to say I'm going back, but I'm not. I'd rather concentrate on becoming a citizen of the world.

Wisdom isn't an old guy on top of a mountain in a loin cloth. It isn't an answer. It's a question.

In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it's folded.

I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.

Never trust people who've only got one book.

I always look skint. When I buy a Big Issue, people take it out of my hand and give me a pound.