She's got no charisma of any kind [but] I can imagine her being mildly useful to a low-rank porn director.

One of the many problems with the American left has been its image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring.

I still make sure to go, at least once every year, to a country where things cannot be taken for granted, and where there is either too much law and order or too little.

Who are your favourite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their beauty to defy the foulness of theocracy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Azar Nafisi as their ideal feminine model.

At Oxford one was positively encouraged to take wine during tutorials. The tongue must be untied.

The worst days are when you feel foggy in the head - chemo-brain they call it. It's awful because you feel boring. As well as bored. And stupid. And resigned.

Well, I'll put it this way: you can certainly say belief in God makes people behave worse. That can be proved beyond a doubt.