What a heap of ash most political careers amount to, when one really stops to consider them!

Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.

You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature.

I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and stay there and put words together.

Politics? Boring? Politics is history on the wing! What other sphere of human activity calls forth all that is most noble in men's souls, and all that is most base? Or has such excitement? Or more vividly exposes our strengths and weaknesses? Boring? You might as well say that life itself is boring!