Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.
I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty.
I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.