Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along.
Whatever the occasion, [the Queen] has a face which demonstrably says 'I don't give a royal s**t. '
When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing.
Congratulations, Congress! 77% disapproval rating! You may be about to become the English language's most offensive C-word.
The only thing I'm nervous about is talking to guests like human beings, because all of my interviews so far have been attacking people. I have a genuine concern about sitting across from an actor whose movies I obviously haven't seen.
You're sonically racist, Americans. You think we all sound the same, whereas I have definitely a mongrel accent.
I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to do by a British accent. That's why so many infomercials have British people.
I personally think money in politics on any level is horrible. I'd like to see a set amount and have every candidate spend it. Have it be completely transparent. But actually getting to that spot, as we have learned through all the legislation over the decades, is very difficult.
you're an insomniac, you tell yourself: there are profound truths revealed only to the insomniac by night like those phosphorescent minerals veined and glimmering in the dark but coarse and ordinary otherwise; you have to examine such minerals in the absence of light to discover their beauty, you tell yourself.
Believing that you must do something perfectly is a recipe for stress, and you'll associate that stress with the task and thus condition yourself to avoid it
People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.