When I left government, it appeared I could get some rather unusual things done from the inside.
Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.
I've known ambitious people with no aptitude for the thing they did. Most of whom, rather terrifyingly, tended to succeed.
The BBC knew I was successful from early on, but they weren't sure why, and they still aren't sure. What I do has been unconventional from the beginning, so they've never been sure. It just works. It just does.
What you did, nobody wants to know about it, unless you did something exciting.
It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
My life/career is more filled with left-field thrills than I could ever have hoped for.
