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That said, I have come to believe that the more committed one is to leftism, the more likely one is to become meaner.

I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.

It's not my job to worry about how Left, Right will react to something. My job is, am I creating something that connects people? That's my job.

I like to break left when people think I'm going to go right.

The right is so reactionary it goes nowhere.

Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else.

I can't remember who it was who advocated that you should march with the left and dine with the right but I've often concurred, taking the view that I personify the great tolerance of Britain by consenting to being regally entertained. Besides, there is a degree of truth in the view that while the left are worthier, the right are wittier.

Every poll about the Left, the Right, and happiness reveals that the farther left one goes, the less happy the person is likely to be.

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.