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I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.

Normally, I stay away from politics - unless I'm going to run for president.

I've accepted that I was a failure in politics. I was not qualified for the job.

I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.

I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.

Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.

Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction.

Growing up a career cop, I was always taught, 'Stay out of politics.' I didn't have any particular allegiance to any particular party.