Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.
Suicide leaves everyone feeling guilty.
Everyone thinks politics will just go on the way it is. I don't agree.
My greatest regret as a writer is that I've never been able to include as many jokes as I'd like.
My literary career was a fluke. Utterly unexpected.
I think it's very, very hard not to go slightly crazy if you're in the top in politics, especially if you're there for a long time.