To me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out.

I have such admiration for single mothers. I simply don't comprehend how you'd cope with that intensity, the lack of breaks, ever, on your own.

Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone.

The way to a man's heart is through his hanky pocket with a breadknife.

My personal opinion is that you can't be racist towards white people. You can be prejudiced about them, but being prejudiced isn't an illegal act, whereas being racist can be.

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.