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I'd never left America until I was 18.

My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.

One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.

There was a lot of pressure on me when I was 18, 19 to move to America. I went out for a couple of weeks and hated it. I thought I could go out my mind. You could really see how people could go off the rails.

I came to America at such a young age, and I was so naive that I didn't realise what I was getting myself into; maybe that's why it worked out for me.

In my childhood, America was like a religion. Then, real-life Americans abruptly entered my life - in jeeps - and upset all my dreams.

Speaking up for America has become a lonely ordeal.

For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.