The media already attempts to assassinate my character in Scotland when I'm there, so my position is much more effective if I'm outside Scotland and am part of the voice of what the Scottish National Party is about.

If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus.

More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso.

There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.

I don't know anything about baseball.

Red wine with fish. That should have told me something.

I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.