Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.

Politics is not a healthy lifestyle.

I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics.

I came into politics because I wished to change things. You can't do that by lying to people you have to educate and persuade and carry them with you - and it's often a long haul.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

Whenever you discuss politics it is always better to use individual names rather then the term neocon.

My philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at the world as one. It's a holistic view that sees the world as interconnected and interdependent and integrated in so many different ways which informs my politics.

People are fed up with the politics where candidates just rip each other apart and then the voters lose in the end because no one really knows what anybody stands for.

Politics is pop. Our job as comedians - especially me as a late-night talk show which is a broader audience - is to amplify what we think America is thinking.

My advice is very simple: if you can win a small battle it gives you confidence in the political process to take on bigger battles and so it is very much a bottom-up grass-roots way of doing politics.