Politics now is rather like going into Starbucks for a coffee.

Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on!

In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn't be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical comedian.

It is almost impossible to say the name of Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawat without adding 'give a dog a bone'

When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary to sell the speeches he and Jack Straw made in 1994.

I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education.

Now I'm instantly nervous about the demands of doing a weekly column.

I am just fascinated by this reassurance from a menacing figure. It is rather frightening.

Tony Blair has always said he will be judged by history. Now Alastair Campbell is history we await his judgment.

I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is.

When George Bush finally leaves the White House, the satire industry will briefly join the rest of the economy in recession. It will certainly be the end of an era.

Cada suspiro es como un sorbo de vida del que uno se deshace.

Oh, the best dancers know/what grace/every stumble/contains.

If it doesn't have a full delay or defund of Obamacare, I know I and many others will not be able to support whatever the leadership proposes.

Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it.

Television is not hurting. Television is in fantastic shape. It's just a golden age for other people.

The life we've been leading couldn't last forever. It's a wonder it lasted as long as it did.

When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.

If I have to make a tackle then I have already made a mistake.

The lifeblood of Christianity is not our persistence in moving toward God but God's persistence in moving toward us.